Winning the 39th Gintong Aklat Awards

The winner of the 39th Gintong Aklat Awards for the Food category is the Philippine Food, Cooking, and Dining Dictionary (PFCDD) of Edgie Polistico.

Every year, the Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP) accepts nominations for the Gintong Aklat Awards in the following categories: Literature in Filipino, Literature in English, Arts & Humanities, Food, Natural Science, Social Science, Science and Technology, and Inspirational and Self-Help. 

Also for this year, the "Book Design" category is again introduced for the applicant contenders to vie for, which seems to antagonize the famous proverb "don't judge a book by its cover." Lo and behold, the face cover will now win a prestigious award.

For this year's 39th Gintong Aklat Awards, the winners are:

Arts & Humanities

Winner - Bamboo Whispers: Poetry of the Mangyan

Editors - Lolita Delgado Fansler, Quintin Pastrana, Raena Abella, and  Emily Catapang

Publisher - The Bookmark Inc.

Food

Winner - The Philippine Food, Cooking, and Dining Dictionary

Author: Edgie Polistico

Publisher: Anvil Publishing Inc.

Natural and Applied Science

Winner - Fr. Manuel Blanco's Flora de Filipinas (5th edition)

Author - Fr. Manuel Blanco

Editor - Domingo Madulid

Publisher - Vibal Foundation Inc.

Science and Technology

Winner - Science Philippines: Essays on Science by Filipinos, Volume IV

Editor - Gisela P. Padilla-Concepcion

Publisher - University of the Philippines Press

Inspirational and Self-Help

Winner - Lifeline: A Layperson's Guide to Helping People in Crisis

Authors - Queena Lee-Chua, Lourdes Joy Galvez Tan, Melissa R. Garabiles, Ma. Tonirose de Guzman-Mactal, and Mary Jane Bergado-Flores

Publisher - Anvil Publishing Inc.

Social Science

Winner - Imagined Communities

Author - Benedict Anderson

Publisher - Anvil Publishing, Inc.

Winner - The World of the Manila-Acapulco Galleons: The Global and Human Context

Authors - Senator Edgardo J. Angara and Carlos Madrid

Publisher - Vibal Foundation, Inc.

Literature in English

Winner - Aimless Walk, Faithful River / The Poet Learns to Dance (The Dancer Learns to Write a Poem): Poems

Author - Simeon Dumdum Jr.

Publisher - Ateneo De Manila University Press

Winner - All My Lonely Islands

Author - V.J. Campilan

Publisher - Anvil Publishing, Inc.

Literature in Filipino

Winner - Sacada: A Catalog of Commodities From A Period Of Glorious Tumult

Author - Alan Navarra

Publisher - Visprint, Inc.

Winner - May Tiktik sa Bubong, May Sigbin sa Silong

Author - Allan N. Derrain

Publisher - Ateneo De Manila University Press

Book Design

Winner - Sacada: A Catalog of Commodities From A Period Of Glorious Tumult

Author - Alan Navarra

Publisher - Visprint, Inc.

The winning authors/publishers got the coveted prestigious trophy and their moments on stage.

Edgie Polistico with Atty. Andrea Pasion-Flores of Anvil Publishing, and Ms. Ani Almario, BDAP President.

Authors and publishers of selected finalist books were invited by the Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP) to the Gintong Aklat Awards ceremony on September 13, 2018 held at the Main Stage Area in Hall 1 of the ongoing 39th Manila International Book Fair (MIBF) held in the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia (MOA) Complex, Pasay City. The announcement of winners were done and announced only there on that day in the program.

The Opening Remarks and the overview of Gintong Aklat Awards 2018 is by Ms. Ani Almario, the President of BDAP. The Closing Remarks is by Mr. Toots Policarpio, the Vice President-External of BDAP.

In tandem masters of the ceremony are  Mr. John Jack Wigley and Mr. Segundo Matias, Jr.

From the handout copies of today's Gintong Aklat Awards programme of activities, the following  are written at the back page explaining  briefly why and what Gintong Aklat Awards  is all about:

THE GINTONG AKLAT AWARDS
THE TOTAL BOOK AWARD

The prestigious Ginton g Aklat Awards, established in 1981, is given out regularly to outstanding book publishers based on the quality of the books they produced year after year.  Managed by the Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP), the Awards are meant to recognize excellence in bookmaking in the country's book industry.

Book entries are judged for all-around excellence and are subjected to close scrutiny by professional panels in book quality, design, and content. Entries must merit an excellent rating in each aspect of bookmaking in order to qualify for the gold prize. A book winner of the Gintong Aklat, therefore, will have been judged not only on its contents but on its totality as a book. Contest entries are divided over several subject categories - Literature in Filipino, Literature in English, Arts & Humanities, Food, Natural Science, Social Sciences, Science and Technology, and Inspirational and Self-Help.

Meant to recognize and encourage professional book publishing as an industry, the Gintong Aklat qualifies as participants only bonafide publishers engaged in book publishing as their main line of business.

Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP)

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8 Award-Winning Cookbooks for You and Your Loved Ones this Christmas

Christmas is the perfect time to share, not only love, but love for food as well. This year, we’ve got quite a prestigious lineup, as most of our recently released cookbooks have been nominated or have won either at the National Book Awards or Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. We’re sure all moms and dads, chefs and foodies, will enjoy cooking and discovering new recipes in these books.

1.) Philippine Food, Cooking and Dining Dictionary by Edgie Polistico 

From ampapagot (Cebuano for triggerfish) to ligaya (bread with red filling from Bicol) to ukuh ukuh (a Tausug dish resembling a sea urchin risotto), this dictionary gathers more than 8,000 terms relating to food ingredients, dishes, cooking styles, preparation techniques, and utensils, among others. For anyone who cooks or simply loves Filipino food, this book is a vital reference and an excellent cookbook supplement.

“It takes someone with curiosity and discipline to compile the many ingredients, cooking terms, and dishes encountered as one eats the country. Edgie Polistico has done just that in his Philippine Food, Cooking, and Dining Dictionary. The many languages and dialects complicate the process where names are different region to region or a term doesn’t mean the same as one goes from place to place.” — Micky Fenix Makabenta, columnist, editor, and author of Country Cooking

The Philippine Food, Cooking, and Dining Dictionary recently won the Best Food Book Award in the 36th National Book Awards in 2017. It is also the 2016 national finalists in Food Writing Category of the Gourmand Awards and chosen among "World Best Culinary Books" in the 22nd Gourmand Book Award.

It is available for only P795 at National Book Store branches and online at anvilpublishing.com. Order here: http://bit.ly/2ASCQ5Q

You can also purchase online here.

2.) Modern Philippine Confections by Chef Gene Gonzalez

Looking for the perfect pasalubong? This cookbook will help you whip up your favorite confections on your own!

Modern Philippine Confections features recipes to timeless, well-loved sweets from marshmallows, macarons, to truffles and more.  It is a must-have cookbook for chefs, professional or aspiring, and sweet-toothed foodies, too. It has also recently won the Innovative Category of the Gourmand World Cookbook Award in the Philippines, and will compete with other countries to claim the international title.

“…a unique venture into a long neglected area of the nation’s cuisine…of a dedicated chef who not only looks to bring the unique tropical Filipino flavors to the world but who also yearns to reinterpret the national tradition of confections itself.” — Bobby Chinn, TV Host, Chef, and Restaurateur

Available for only P195 at National Book Store branches and at anvilpublishing.com. Order here now: http://bit.ly/2iAiLwW

3.) Feast with Me by Stephanie Zubiri-Crespi  

Savor the flavors of Europe and Asia’s sides of the world with Feast With Me, the first-ever (cook)book by writer, TV host, entrepreneur and chef Stephanie Zubiri Crespi. Start your day with a relaxing Parisian breakfast; indulge in flavorful Moroccan and Filipino lunch, take a quick Mediterranean merienda and munch on Spanish tapas; and bask in the company of family and friends with bucolic Italian dishes and exotic Vietnamese and Indian meals for dinner. Feast With Me is nothing short of a sumptuous feast for the senses.

“Elegant, anecdotal, and deeply personal, Stephanie’s words are as sumptuous as the subjects. Yet for all is romance and luxury, Feast with Me is a practical guide to good, memorable, delightful eating. An epicurean guide to the soul!” — AA Patawaran, Lifestyle Editor, Manila Bulletin

Feast with Me is a perfect gift for the foodie and for those who would like to travel and taste the world. It is a finalist at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards under the Entertaining Category in the Philippines, and will compete with other countries for the International prize.

Available for only P895 at National Book Store branches and at anvilpublishing.com. Order here now: http://bit.ly/2BruIKI

4.) French Kusina by Xavier Btesh

Forget everything you’ve heard about the complicated French cuisine and step inside the French Kusina,where Chef Xavier Btesh’s delicious French and Mediterranean recipes are foolproof and easy for anyone to whip up. Learn the classic recipes of French homestyle cooking from salads and starters that will add a Frenchy twist to your meals and merienda offerings, to soups that are rich in flavor and open to a sprinkling of your favorite local ingredients. Btesh’s stew recipes will give you a taste of how varied French cuisine really is, and his meat and chicken dishes will add some oomph to your usual menu.

Take our amazing local seafood and surprise your family and friends with a French-style preparation, and serve everything up with a few side dishes and sauces that will add a world of taste and even a little sexiness to your table. But beyond the wonderful flavors, one of the biggest draws of the French Kusina is how Btesh’s dishes are so uncomplicated. Each recipe’s ingredients are measured for one, so that all you have to do is multiply everything by the number of guests you are having over—which is absolutely perfect considering the fact that at its heart, French cooking is about coming together and sharing a family-style meal. It’s relaxed, simple, and open to your own personal touch.

French Kusina is a Gourmand World Cookbook Award finalist under the Mediterranean category. It is available for only P595 National Book Store and online at anvilpublishing.com. Order here: http://bit.ly/2oCUhWw

5.) Breads, Cakes, Pastries, and More by Efren Bunquin

 Breads, Cakes, Pastries, and More features baking recipes originally culled by cereal chemist and food technologist Efren G. Bunquin in his book The Golden Treasury of Baking and Candymaking. Kitchen-tested by the Center for Asian Culinary Studies and with annotations and recommendations from Chef Gene Gonzalez, recipes in this book include popular local breads such as Pan de Sal, Mamon Especial, and Ensaimada; Chinese snacks such as Hopia, Bitso-Bitso, and Pilipit; European breads such as Pizza Italiana, Danish Croissant, and L’ Gateau Sans Rival; and many more.

Breads, Cakes, Pastries, and More is a finalist at the Gourmand World Cookbook Award finalist under the Bread Category. It is available for only P525 at National Book Store and online at anvilpublishing.com. Order here: http://bit.ly/2Bsf8yC

6.) Coconut Kitchen: Appetizers and Main Dishes by Maria Regina Tolentino Newport 

From meat to shell, Coconut Kitchen brings you many ways to make appetizers and main dishes absolutely healthy and delicious! Each recipe has been personally selected, tested and retested by the author with you, the reader and home cook, in mind. This cookbook also features coconut-based recipes from the following well-known personalities in the culinary world: Amy Besa and Romy Dorotan, Norma Chikiamco, Pia Lim-Castillo, Elizabeth Ann Quirino, Ige Ramos, Beth Romualdez and Editha C. Singian.

“Seldom can you find a powerhouse coconut cookbook with a wide range of tempting dishes plus authoritative information on health issues.” — Beth C. Singian
Coconut Kitchen is currently a Gourmand World Cookbook Award Finalist under the Single Subject Category. It is available for only P395 at National Book Store branches and online at anvilpublishing.com. Order here: http://bit.ly/2yT8JwX

7.) Bake Magic Together: 40 Recipes for the Whole Family to Make by Maya Kitchen 

Bake Magic Together by The Maya Kitchen features 40 baking recipes the whole family will enjoy doing together. This baking cookbook also guides parents in how to include their kids in baking, helping kids develop not only their baking and cooking talents, but also enhance their basic yet important arithmetic, vocabulary, as well as social skills.

Bake Magic Together is a finalist for the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards under the Family category and Pastry category. It is available for only P295 at National Book Store and online at anvilpublishing.com. Order here: http://bit.ly/2yRE9QC

8.) Via Mare: 40 Years by Glenda Barretto 

A look back into Via Mare’s beginnings—from a fine-dining restaurant that it originally was, until changing dining trends led Via Mare to introduce various concepts: a Café that serves classic Filipino meals, an Oyster Bar, and a line of take-out Filipino dishes. Presently, Via Mare’s renowned catering services continue to offer iconic fine-dining experiences, rendering innovative dishes, imaginative settings, and impeccable service to big events both local and abroad.

This book is not only a celebration of Via Mare’s 40 years, but also a tribute to the woman whose vision of excellence remains constant, Via Mare’s fount of ideas and moving force—Glenda Rosales Barretto.Via Mare was a finalist at the 36th National Book Awards under the category Best Book on Food, and is currently a finalist for Gourmand World Cookbook Awards under the Culinary History category and Chef category. It is available for only P795 at National Book Store and online at anvilpublishing.com. Order here: http://bit.ly/2oyK512

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Gourmand Awards shortlist of 2016 finalists

This afternoon, the Gourmand Book Awards had just released its short list of finalist and we are lucky my book is included. Here's the email from Gourmand Award's president, Edouard Cointreau:

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From: yaping zhang
To: edgiepolistico@yahoo.com

The shortlist is published TODAY. Please see Categoriy D04 in the attached document. It is posted on website www.cookbookfair.com
 
Congratulations

Best wishes

Edouard Cointreau

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Shown in the image, below, is an extracted list from the original PDF file that included the other categories with finalists coming from the Philippines.

Congratulations and good luck to all of us. 

MABUHAY!

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PFCDD - the first Philippine Food Dictionary ever printed. Best gift for all seasons.

After more than two decades of research and another 2 years of pre-publication works, the first Philippine food dictionary now sees print. Edgie Polistico's Philippine Food, Cooking, and Dining Dictionary (PFCDD) is dedicated to feature multifaceted Pinoy food culture, local tastes, and cuisine.

This book is published by Anvil Publishing in Metro Manila and was first released in September 2016 during the Manila International Book Fair (MIBF) held at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay, Philippines.

Get to know more about Pinoy food culture with this book.

Know the local and common names of Pinoy food, ingredients, tastes, implements, and other words Filipino used in culinary and related food culture.

We have more in this food dictionary. Learn how locals call the different colors, flavors, and tastes. You can find in the book most of the fishes commonly found in the Philippine seas and freshwater, with their local common names. As well as list of other animals (including the exotic ones), vegetables, fruits, grains, crops, spices, etc. also with their local common names. And when appropriate, with their corresponding scientific names.

The book is ideal for culinary students and teachers, food researchers, food writers and bloggers, foodies, historians, tourists, local travellers, home cook, those in food business. and those who want to learn new words of the many languages and dialects we have across the archipelago.

Because of his extensive research and the story of struggles behind the creation of this book, Edgie Polistico was featured by ANVIL Publishing in October 2016.

Incidentally, the Gourmand Awards jury has announced in December 2016 that this book won the national category on Food Writing. The book will represent the Philippines in international competition in its category against winners from other countries for the Best in the World to be announced at the annual Gourmand Awards Ceremony in Yantai, China on May 27 & 28, 2017.

Buy a copy for someone dear and someone special. Of course, gift yourself a copy too.

It's a unique and worthwhile gift you can give. The best gift for all seasons. It is the first of its kind - the first Philipine food dictionary printed ever.

The Philippine Food, Cooking, and Dining Dictionary (PFCDD) is available in the Powerbooks and the National Book Store, or shop a copy online.

First Pinoy food dictionary won the national FOOD WRITING category

Just now, I got an email from Gourmand Awards. My knees and hands are shaking. I can't explain what I feel.

Here's the mail:

Gourmand Awards rmandbooks.com>
Today at 5:32 AM

To: avhabulan@anvilpublishing.com jbpantorillo@anvilpublishing.com edgiepolistico@yahoo.com aejazmines@yahoo.com

Congratulations!

The Gourmand Awards jury is delighted to announce that Food Cooking and dining dictionary is the national winner in (READ more here...)