It's a nice surprise for Malaysia to win an international book prize for French cuisine. And even nicer that we did it with palm oil. That should silence the critics and blacklisters out there.
At the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards held in Yantai, China at the end of last month, the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) won the second prize for Best French Cuisine Book in the World for the book Palm To Plate. Another of their books, Malaysian Palm Oil: The Essential Ingredient In Delicious Food won the first prize for Best Corporate Book in the World. So that’s two yays in a row for Malaysian palm oil.