In this tenth-sixth edition, 8000 books were received from 154 different countries. All books are ranked first in their country of origin and go so to be part of the finalists. Forgotten Recipes Venezuela won and qualified in December 2010 for the grand finale in the categories of "Best Regional Cookbook" and "Best Cinematography".
Gamal El Fakih Rodriguez, author and editor of the book, was in Paris to receive this prestigious recognition for their invaluable work and the photographic work of Jean Luc Crucifix. It also had the opportunity to participate in the World's Fair Cookbook, a meeting point for publishers, authors, photographers, designers, printers and passionate about food from around the world. The book "Recipes Forgotten "was published in Montreal in July 2010. This is a collection of recipes and remedies farmers in the Venezuelan Andes, accompanied by a wonderful collection of photographs of rural life on the moors Merida and foreword by noted historian Raphael gastronomic Cartay.
in a bilingual (French / English), 218 pages, full color, rub over 220 recipes, 120 remedies forgotten, photos, stories, songs and anecdotes about life in the Andean peoples, in a journey ethnographic the heart of the Venezuelan Andes, full of aromas, flavors and poetry. 
The author had the idea came from there in 1995 while working as a cooking teacher at the Hotel School in Merida (Venezuela), when it occurred to begin to inquire about what you ate earlier in the moors Merida.
sure there was a lot of recipes hidden in the kitchen cooking hearth, decided to initiate, traveling from town to town, talking to grandmothers and people of the villages and fields, sitting down to talk, to take a coffee with all the ladies who have devoted his life to the kitchen, managed to gather a lot of recipes, many of them almost forgotten today in this book with the hope that is not lost.
With "Forgotten Recipes" Venezuela takes another step forward in placing your name on the gastronomic map of the world. The book will soon be translated and published in several languages, in order to raise awareness in all horizons, the best of our cultural wealth and kitchen.
See photos of the event this link, and do not miss the photo gallery
Jean Luc Crucifix on his personal blog.
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