“The Taste of Angkor” Cookbook was proudly presented at the Umea Food Symposium in Sweden on June 2-5, 2022, and won two Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2022, according to Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation H.E. Prak Sokhonn.
The two awards are Best Asian Cuisine Book and Heads of State/Food (Foreword by H.E. Deputy Prime Minister PRAK Sokhonn), he pointed out.
At the same event, he added, another Khmer cookbook “The Culinary Art of Cambodia” also won the Special Award of the Jury.
“The Taste of Angkor” has been prepared and published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation as part of its cultural diplomacy. The cookbook, which was unveiled on Jan. 18 2021 by H.E. Deputy Prime Minister Prak Sokhonn, contains a selection of 38 recipes of Khmer dishes and desserts. Easy-to-follow detailed instructions, encompassing ingredient substitutions of Khmer ingredients that may be hard to source abroad, were the highlight of this artistic culinary book.
“The Taste of Angkor” was also distinguished as the “Best Asian Cookbook” at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2021.
Source: Agency Kampuchea Press