The longlist has been announced for the André Simon Food & Drink Book Awards, which is now in its 43rd year.
Each year the André Simon Trustees are guided by independent assessors. This year they are Yemisi Aribisala, a Nigerian born writer and artist for the food books and Rose Murray Brown MW for the drink books. A shortlist will be announced in the New Year.
Eventually, the longlist will be narrowed down to just one winning book for food and one of for drink.
Nicholas Lander, Chair André Simon Food & Drink Book Award, said of the longlist:
“This year saw the most impressive number of books in the food and drink categories, selected from 160 entries. Offerings span from the A-Z of pasta to saving endangered foods, from the wines of Santorini to the ancient origins of cider, showcasing both new and established writers. Our congratulations and thanks to the authors, publishers and everybody involved.”
Rose Murray Brown MW will be judging the drinks category this year. One of just 151 female Masters of Wine in the world, Rose Murray Brown MW offers bespoke events, wine courses & escorted wine tours across Scotland & northern England.
You can see the longlist for both food and drink categories here:
Longlisted Food Books 2021
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A CURIOUS ABSENCE OF CHICKENS |
Headline Publishing Sophie Grigson Group |
| AMBER & RYE | Zuza Zak Murdoch Books |
| AN A-Z OF PASTA | Rachel Roddy Fig Tree |
| BAKING WITH FORTITUDE |
Bloomsbury Dee Rettali Publishing |
| EATING TO EXTINCTION | Dan Saladino Jonathan Cape |
| FREEKEH – WILD WHEAT & ANCIENT GRAINS | Ruth Nieman Prospect Books |
| GRAND DISHES | Iska Lupton and Anastasia Miari Unbound |
| HERB | Mark Diacono Quadrille |
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ONE POT, PAN, PLANET RIPE FIGS SAMBAL SHIOK TASTE: MY LIFE IN FOOD THE LATIN AMERICAN COOKBOOK Virgilo Martinez THE MODERN PRESERVER’S KITCHEN TRUFFLE HOUND |
Anna Jones 4th Estate Bloomsbury Yasmin Khan Publishing Mandy Yin Quadrille Stanley Tucci Fig Tree Phaidon Kylee Newton Quadrille Bloomsbury Rowan Jacobsen Publishing |
Longlisted Drinks Books 2021
| CIDER COUNTRY | James Crowden William Collins |
| FOOT TRODDEN |
Morning Claret Simon J Woolf & Ryan Opaz Productions |
| INSIDE BURGUNDY |
Berry Bros. & Rudd Jasper Morris MW Press |
| ON CALIFORNIA |
Academie du Vin Various Library |
| OXFORD COMPANION TO SPIRITS AND COCKTAILS |
David Wondrich with Noah Oxford University Rothbaum Press |
| THE SOUTH AMERICA WINE GUIDE |
The South America Amanda Barnes Wine Guide |
THE WINES OF SANTORINI Yiannis Karakasis MW P & J Veritas IKE
THE WINES OF THE RHONE Matt Walls Infinite Ideas Octopus
WINE SCIENCE Jamie Goode Books/Hachette UK