The Oscars for cookbooks

Kalsom says one of the best things to happen after she won her second Gourmand Award is that the heritage recipes she published were utilised by a local hotel to give diners an opportunity to try the food themselves. — RECIPES ARE FOR SHARING

Cookbooks have been around in some form or another for centuries now. In fact, according to the Guinness World Records, the oldest printed cookbook, titled On Right Pleasure and Good Health, dates back to 1474!

From those tenuous early beginnings, cookbooks and books on food have soared in popularity over the years. In tandem with this, the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards has become pivotal in unearthing the best cookbooks in the world and consequently catapulting many authors to international popularity.