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.

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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