2017 Art of Eating Prize

As announced by the Art of Eating (1 march 2017):

Marlene Matar 

The 2017 Art of Eating Prize for best food book of the year goes to The Aleppo Cookbook: Celebrating the Legendary Cuisine of Syria by Marlene Matar (Interlink Books). She receives $10,000 and a specially crafted hand-wrought ladle, an emblem of the prize.

Marlene Mater lives in Beirut, where she teaches international cooking; her mother’s background is Syrian. She is the author of two previous cookbooks and has appeared often on Lebanese television. This latest, most ambitious book presents the food of the ancient city of Aleppo, now all but destroyed . . .

About the Art of Eating prize:

The Art of Eating Prize is awarded annually to the author of the year’s best book about food (or food and drink together). Where other food book awards involve nominations in diverse categories, The Art of Eating Prize focuses on a single best book. The founders of the prize, by rewarding the highest quality work, hope to encourage the excellence of food writing in general. The prize is worth $10,000.

The book must be aimed at a broad audience and must have been published in English in the United States in the calendar year preceding the awarding of the prize (for the 2017 prize, books must have been published in 2016). The winner is decided by a panel of judges drawn from varied realms connected with food and drink. The seven judges are Eric Asimov, Tejal Rao, Michael Anthony, Lisa Abend, Tamar Adler, Jordan Mackay, and Winnie Yang. All are writers and among their books are several best-sellers . . .