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André Simon Awards announces 2021 longlist

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.

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You can see the longlist for both food and drink categories here:

Longlisted Food Books 2021

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

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

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