And the winner is

Auszug aus dem Buchreport 9.2005 (german)

Former press release and former Awards

Winner:

Leiths Techniques Bible, Susan Spaull and Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne Foreword by Caroline Waldegrave (Bloomsbury – Great Britain)
It is a book specifically about techniques. It explains the how and why of the cooking techniques taught at the Leiths School of Food and Wine in London.

Honourable Mention:

International Dictionary of Gastronomy,
Guido Gomez de Silva
(Hippocrene Books – USA)

Publisher Hippocrene has the world’s most extensive backlist of specialized country cookbooks. The author has worked in 69 countries as a United Nations official, and now resides in Mexico city. The book will become a classic reference.