“When I fast on water, I put some raki in my glass…”
The album of Andreas Smaragdis “Tsikoudia the Spirit of Crete”, published by Dokimakis Publications, won the 3rd World Prize at the category of Best Spirits Books at the Gourmand World Cookbook Fair 2011 exhibitions. The event took place in Paris in March 2011.
This exhibition is the best exhibition dedicated to cookbooks and wine books. It was inaugurated in 1995 by Edward Cuantro. Its target was to present the variety of books that talk about cooking and wine. 41 prizes are awarded about cooking and 18 about wine.
At this year’s exhibition, 154 countries have taken part with over 6,000 books. The album “Tsikoudia the Spirit of Crete”, was awarded because it is a very well made bilingual publication(Greek- English), with photographs taken by Andreas Smaragdis and texts written by professor, Ilias Kastanas and the lector Giorgos Notas. The titles under the photos are commented by the artist Loudovikos of Anogia.
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