PARIS JULY 1 2009

PARIS JULY 1 2009: .-CANADA WINS IN PARIS!

Canada wins 6 medals this year at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards against 10 last year.

102 countries entered books.
The best in the world winner this year is for Foreign Cookery, encouraging one of the many small independent publishers from Canada, who manages to be well distributed internationally:
- Take the Taste of Greece with You
Litsa Bolontzakis ,
(Humming Bird Publications)

Litsa Bolontzakis published Boukia Boukia in Greece. She can be considered as one of the builders of the cultural bridge between Greece and Canada.

There were 26 countries competing in this category.

In this picture excepting the award by Mr Cointreau junior.

PARIS JULY 1 2009

PARIS JULY 1 2009:

Taking it all in and really enjoying the event.
The Comedie Francaise theatre was packed to capacity
 with 800 guests from all over the world!
What a great privilege was to be able to attend.!
Many thanks to the Gourmand group and especially to
Mr Edouard Cointreau for being such a  gracious host.
Litsa!

GREECE WINS IN PARIS!
Two books from Greece won Best in the World at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.
The first (ladies first!) is from Canada, by Greek author Lisa Bolontzakis with a perfect title:
- Take the Taste of Greece with You
Litsa Bolontzakis
(Humming Bird Publications)
Litsa Bolontzakis published Boukia Boukia in Greece. She can be considered as one of the builders of the cultural bridge between Greece and Canada.
It gets the award for Best Foreign Cookery Book in the world. It is an excellent book, with an outstanding international marketing, which is unusual for small publishers. All small publishers should see how it is done, and search all international distributors for this book"