[Sca-cooks] Beans wins prize!

[Johnna Holloway]

That's great. I know that the US publishers weren't interested in the book,
so it's great that it won.His new book *Pancake: A Global History *will 
be out in September 2008.

Johnnae

David Walddon wrote:
> I thought some of you might be interested that Ken Albala's new book  
> is being honored with the Jane Grigson Award.
> If you haven't read his previous books run to your library right now!
> Eduardo
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>>> Berg Publishers
>>> Press release
>>> 23rd April 2008
>>> ___________________________________________________________________
>>> Beans wins Jane Grigson Food Book Award
>>> Ken Albala has won The Jane Grigson Award for Beans: A History,  
>>> published by Berg Publishers in 2007.
>>> The award was announced at the 2008 IACP (International  
>>> Association of Culinary Professionals) Awards Ceremony, on Friday,  
>>> April 18 in New Orleans.
>>> Commenting on the award, Ken Albala said “Thanks to all the people  
>>> at Berg, to the great libraries where I did the research like the  
>>> Clements in Ann Arbor, MI and the Schlesinger in Cambridge, MA and  
>>> others in Europe, and thanks to the Culinary Trust and the  
>>> University of the Pacific for funding the research. This book was  
>>> an absolute blast to write, no pun intended.”
>>> Beans: A History takes the reader on a fascinating journey across  
>>> cuisines and cultures.
>>> The Jane Grigson Award is an award issued by the International  
>>> Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP). It honours  
>>> distinguished scholarship and depth of research in food books and  
>>> is named in honour of the British cookery writer Jane Grigson.
>>> ____________________________________________________
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