2000 BEST LITERARY FOOD WRITING Food can provide the background, and even be the subject of good novels and essays which have little or no recipes. BEST IN THE WORLD 
| Une Gourmandise, by Muriel Barbery (Gallimard) |
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FINALISTS FRENCH Une Gourmandise, by Muriel Barbery (Gallimard) ENGLISH Burnt Barley – How To Eat, Dance and Sing Your Way Around Ireland, by Peta Mathias (Vintage-Random House of New Zealand) SPANISH 
| Ni Gordas, Ni Flacas, Apetitosas by Nora Lobo (Destino) |
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Neither Fat Nor Thin, Tasty Ladies ITALIAN Racconti Da Mangiare, by Simona Fasulo (Golosia) JAPANESE The Graceful Taste, by Kiyomi Mikuni1999 BEST IN THE WORLD Stephanies Journal, by Stephanie Alexander (Viking Australia) FINALISTS FRENCH Alice ou Le Piano des Anges, by Odile Godard (Le Fil Invisible) ENGLISH (Nº 2 After Stephanies Journal) 
| The Armchair James Beard, Edited by John Ferrone (The Lyons Press) |
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SPANISH La Rebelion de los Rabanos, by Javier Tomeo (Destino) 1998 THE BEST IN THE WORLD The Man Who Ate Everything, by Jeffrey Steingarten (Random House – USA) FINALISTS FRENCH Le Vin et LEncre, Sophie Guermes (Mollat) SPANISH - Critica de la Gastronomia Pura, by Arturo Pardos (R+B) | 
