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The South American Table wins “Best of the Best” Gourmand World Cookbook Award
The Harvard Common Press is delighted to announce that The South American Table, by Maria Baez Kijac, has won a “Best of the Best” Gourmand World Cookbook Award, 1996-2008. This follows the bestowment of their “Best Latino Cookbook in the World” award in 2003. The award will be presented in Germany at the Frankfurt Opera House on October 14th, as part of the Frankfurt Book Fair. In light of this, we are reissuing the title in hardcover this September, reflecting its status as perhaps the most authoritative, comprehensive study on South American cuisine of our time.
Tori Kropp relaunches Stork Site, her online pregnancy and new parenting forum!
Born more than a decade ago, when the internet was in its infancy, Tori Kropp’s Stork Site evolved into one of the most treasured community sites on the web. Now it is back, and better than ever!
Good Spirits wins IACP Cookbook Award!
The Harvard Common Press is thrilled to announce that Good Spirits: Recipes, Revelations, Refreshments, and Romance, Shaken and Served with a Twist, by A. J. Rathbun, has won a 2008 Cookbook Award for Best Food Styling & Photography from the International Association of Culinary Professionals!
Tori Kropp embarks on virtual book tour
Join Tori Kropp, author of The Joy of Pregnancy, as she embarks on a virtual book tour across the web for the month of August.
Penny Simkin to speak at La Leche League of WA breastfeeding conference, October 2008
Penny Simkin, author of the newly updated and revised classic The Birth Partner, will speak at the 2008 Breastfeeding and Parenting Conference, hosted by La Leche League of Washington. The conference takes place October 17, 18 and 19 in Redmond, Washington. Simkin will deliver a talk about “Breastfeeding and the Sexual Abuse Survivor” on Saturday, October 18th. For more information, or to register, please visit http://www.lllwaconf.org
A.J. Rathbun to teach Holiday Party Drinks in Seattle, 12/4
AJ Rathbun, author of the award-winning Good Spirits and the upcoming books Party Snacks! and Luscious Liqueurs, will teach a class on Holiday Party Drinks at the Dish It Up! cooking school in Seattle on December 4th.
Gadgetology honored by National Parenting Publications
Gadgetology: Kitchen Fun With Your Kids, Using 35 Cooking Gadgets for Simple Recipes, Crafts, Games, and Experiments, by Pam Abrams, has received a 2008 National Parenting Publications Award for Parenting Resources.
Gadgetology wins Bookbuilders of Boston Award
The Harvard Common Press is proud to announce that Gadgetology, by Pam Abrams, has won a prestigious Bookbuilders of Boston design award for the organization’s 51st Annual New England Book Show in the category “Books: General Trade, illustrated.” The award recognizes design excellence among New England book publishers.
See Paris with Hallie Harron!
From June 2 to June 9, join Hallie Harron, author of Cheese Hors d’Oeuvres (coming in May 2008) and co-author of Tomatoes & Mozzarella, for Unpolished Paris: A Culinary Tour of the City of Light.
Take a French culinary tour with Diane Phillips
From May 13 through 20, Diane will be the guest chef at La Combe en Perigord, for a weeklong culinary adventure in the Dordogne region of France. For more information, visit http://www.lacombe-perigord.com.
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