André Simon Award announces drinks books longlist 21st December, 2020 by Rupert Millar
The André Simon Food & Drink Book Awards has announced its first longlist – featuring books on wine from Bordeaux, Georgia, Australia and even another galaxy.
The seven longlisted drinks books have been selected from a total of 170 that were submitted for both the food and wine categories.
It is the first time that the awards have named a longlist, with André Simon Memorial Fund chairman, Nicholas Lander, saying that the judges had been “overwhelmed by the high quality of books this year”.
He said: “At a time where we can’t travel, this year’s food books take us around the world: from Afghanistan (
Nothing is more comforting than steamy hot soup, especially this traditional Moroccan bowl
Harira, made with chickpeas, lentils, and rice or vermicelli noodles, is a nourishing dinner
By Sheryl Julian Globe Correspondent,Updated December 15, 2020, 12:00 p.m.
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Harira (Moroccan Chickpea-Lentil Soup)Ed Anderson and George Dolese
Every week, thereâs a fresh pot of soup simmering on a back burner on my stove. At first, there seems to be enough to feed an army. But as the week wears on, thereâs less and less, so I add to it. I slip in oddments that other cooks would store in plastic containers in the back of the fridge and find a fortnight later in rough shape â a few roasted vegetables, some sauteed mushrooms, a spoonful of pasta, bits from the bottom of the salad bowl (yes, the greens go right in, vinaigrette and all). All of this fills the diminishing pot, and the soup is both replenished and reinvented on the fly.