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Congratulations Peter!!

Reggie Dwork <reggie@jeff-and-reggie.com>
Sat, 01 Mar 2003 17:27:09 -0800
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I just received this announcement and wanted to share this incredible news 
with all of you!!  Peter Reinhart has won The Gourmand World Cookbook Award 
for 2002 for his "The Bread Baker's Apprentice, Mastering the Art of 
Extraordinary Bread".  Let's all congratulate him by baking a loaf of 
wonderful bread in his honor!!!!

US COOKBOOKS ARE WORLD LEADERS

THE GOURMAND WORLD COOKBOOK AWARDS 2002 WERE ANNOUNCED AT CHATEAU DE BRISSAC

The Best Cookbooks and Wine Books in the World for 2002 were announced at 
the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2002 on February 28, 2003. This unique 
international event took place at the 500 years old Chateau de Brissac, in 
the Loire Valley next to Angers, France.  These awards for food and wine 
books are considered to be the "Oscars" of the sector.

Guests from 20 countries attended the glamorous celebration, which included 
a ceremony with the Medieval Guild of Loire Valley Wines.

The US ranked among the top 3 winning countries

These  US books were among the top winners:

* Best Bread Book in the World: The Bread Baker's Apprentice, Peter 
Reinhart (Ten Speed)

Best Bread Book in the World:
"The Bread Baker's Apprentice, Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread", 
by Peter Reinhart (Ten Speed)

Peter Reinhart has already received for this book the 2 highest cookbook 
awards in the United States, Book of the Year at both IACP and James Beard 
Foundation Awards. This extraordinary book deserves the widest 
international audience, which our "Best in the World" award seeks to establish.

Peter Reinhart is a fulltime baking instructor at Johnson and Wales 
University in Providence, Rhode Island. This is the definitive reference 
book on the subject.

The competition was created by Edouard Cointreau in 1995 at the Frankfurt 
Book Fair. The Awards ceremony has taken place in 1996 at the Frankfurt 
Book Bair, in 1997 in Paris, in 1998 and 2000 in Périgueux, in 1999 in 
Versailles, and in 2001 in Sorges, Capital of the Truffles of Perigord. In 
2002, over 3500 books from 60 countries entered the competition.

For more information contact:
Edouard Cointreau
President and Founder
Gourmand World Cookbook Awards