Shortlist announced for André Simon Awards 2021
The shortlist has been announced for the annual André Simon Food & Drink Book Awards 2021. Ranging from reads on the wines of South America to the vineyards and people of Burgundy, the shortlisted entries celebrate the best of food and drink writing.
Rose Murray Brown MW selected the shortlisted entries for the drinks category, while Nigerian-born writer and artist Yemisi Aribisala selected the food category titles.
Nicholas Lander, Chair of the André Simon Memorial Fund said of the shortlisted titles:
“A number of this year’s food and drink nominees – from Eating to Extinction and Ripe Figs to Wines of the Rhone – address the urgent environmental and global issues of today in ways that are original, inspiring and hopeful. Other authors breathe new life into traditional recipes and techniques from Ruth Nieman’s ‘Freekeh – Wild Wheat & Ancient Grains’ to Dee Rettali’s ‘Baking
with Fortitude’.The wine-centred drinks books include regional explorations from the classic wines of Burgundy to contemporary South American Wine, some of which have never before been documented in the English-language.”
The shortlisted food titles are:
| An A-Z of Pasta | Rachel Roddy Fig Tree |
| Baking with Fortitude | Dee Rettali Bloomsbury Publishing |
|
Eating to Extinction Partner ContentFreekeh |
Dan Saladino Jonathan Cape Ruth Nieman Prospect Books |
|
Herb Ripe Figs |
Mark Diacono Quadrille Yasmin Khan Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Sambal Shiok | Mandy Yin Quadrille |
The shortlisted drinks titles are:
| Foot Trodden | Simon J Woolf & Ryan Opaz Morning Claret Productions |
| Inside Burgundy | Jasper Morris MW Berry Bros. & Rudd Press |
| The South America Wine Guide |
The South America Wine Guide Amanda Barnes |
| The Wines of the Rhône | Matt Walls Infinite Ideas |
The winner of each category will receive £2,000 prize money.
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