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By Lynn Andriani -- Publishers Weekly,08/03/2009
Frankfurt Book Fair Introduces Cookbook Section
This year’s Frankfurt Book Fair will introduce a new element: the Gourmet Book Gallery, a 400-square-foot section within the fair dedicated to cookbook publishers and publishers of food and lifestyle magazines. The space, which will be located beside the Congress Centre, will feature appearances by celebrity chefs as well as wine- and food-tasting sessions (the gallery will also include reps from wine-growing regions and culinary institutions). There are plans in the works for special events for trade visitors, booksellers and the general public. According to fair organizers, booksellers are starting to look to gourmet products—such as tea, coffee and wine—as an additional source of revenue. But culinary suppliers have traditionally left the book trade unexplored. “The new international Gourmet Gallery area is intended to create a platform at the Book Fair for presenting current trends and a forum for new partnerships,” said fair director Juergen Boos. The fair runs October 14–18, and exhibitors can register until August 12 at www.book-fair.com/gourmet-gallery.
Michael Jackson’s Chef Writes Cookbook
Kai Chase, a professional chef hired by Michael Jackson to maintain a healthy food regimen, talked to the Associated Press about the pop icon, and mentioned she has written a cookbook. She said Jackson encouraged her to write the book, and that it is tentatively titled Fit for a King. It includes recipes Chase cooked for Jackson and the story of the time she worked for him. No word on a publisher yet. Incidentally, Elvis Presley’s longtime cook, Alvena Roy, shared recipes she cooked for Presley in Fit for a King: The Elvis Presley Cookbook by Elizabeth McKeon, which was published in 1998.
British Wine Critic Sues Random Under U.K. Laws
British wine critic, writer and auctioneer Michael Broadbent is suing Random House Inc., publisher of The Billionaire's Vinegar by Benjamin Wallace, under U.K. laws, for defamation of character, The Bookseller reports. The book tells the story of the “Jefferson bottles affair,” in which more than a dozen bottles of wine, engraved “Th. J,” were discovered in 1985. One of the bottles sold for more than $150,000. Broadbent is claiming that Wallace “accuses him of inventing a bid for the half-bottle of 1784 Margaux, to ensure the final buyer paid over the odds.” Random published the hardcover in the U.S. last year; Three Rivers released a paperback edition in April of this year.
No Canadians in Phaidon’s Book of Hot New Chefs
Grub Street reports that Canadian chefs are “super ticked off” that not a single Canuck is included in Coco: 10 World Leading Masters Choose 100 Contemporary Chefs, which Phaidon will publish in October. When he learned that there was one spot left on the list, chef/food writer Shaun Smith wrote to Phaidon, asking the house to consider a Canadian. However, the book’s 100th spot had already been given to London chef Anthony Demetre. Publicity firm YC Media released a letter saying, “We understand the disappointment of not being included. However, the decision of who is chosen in the book is not Phaidon's, rather the 10 noted chefs who curated the emerging talents in the book.”
Julie & Julia: What Did You Think?
Julie & Julia opens this week. Before you see the movie, go back and read my 2005 interview with Julie Powell, and more recent conversation with Nora Ephron and Judith Jones. Tell us what you think about the movie by posting a comment on this article.
PW Interviews David Leite
Be sure to check out this week's issue of PW, where senior reviews editor Mark Rotella interviews David Leite, food writer, blogger and author of The New Portuguese Table: Exciting Flavors from Europe's Western Coast (Clarkson Potter).
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| Submitted by: | Bartholomew Broadbent 10/13/2009 9:41:47 PM PT |
| Location: | San Francisco |
| Occupation: | www,broadbent.com |
My father wins the lawsuit against The Biillionaire's Vinegar
The press release reads:
The libel action centred on the book The Billionaire’s Vinegar, the subject of which was the provenance of a number of bottles of wine said to have been owned by Thomas Jefferson. The book made allegations which suggested that Mr Broadbent had behaved in an unprofessional manner in the way in which he had auctioned some of these bottles and that his relationship and dealings with Hardy Rodenstock, who discovered the original collection, was suspected of being improper.
In a statement read out in open court today, Random House apologised unreservedly for making the allegations and accepted that they were untrue. It has given an undertaking not to repeat the allegations and paid Mr Broadbent undisclosed damages.
Commenting on the settlement Sarah Webb, head of Russell Jones & Walker’s Defamation department, who acted for Mr Broadbent said:
“The Billionaire’s Vinegar made highly damaging claims about my client that seriously compromised both his professional and personal reputation. We are delighted that Random House has today accepted that these allegations are totally without foundation and avoided the need to proceed to a full trial. My client is relieved that the good name he has built up over many years as one of the country’s leading wine experts has been fully restored.”
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