DANCING GOURMET PREMIERS LUXURY LOIRE VALLEY TOUR
November 1, 2005-- Lindergaff, LLC, San Francisco-based cookbook publishing company founder Chef Linda Hymes (The Dancing Gourmet), and Monsieur Robert Erignac, President of French non-profit organization, Routes François I, announce today their collaboration with the details of The Dancing Gourmet Routes François I luxury gourmet tour through the castles of the Loire Valley.
Lindergaff, LLC., run by award-winning cookbook author and Le Cordon Bleu chef Linda Hymes, will be hosting this exclusive gastronomical, cultural, and historical small group tour beginning in summer of 2006. This highly personalized 7 day/6 night tour will provide the ultimate French experience in the "playground of Kings", featuring a first-class gourmet Paris to Loire Valley castle tour. Comprised of private guided cultural visits to select Francis 1st castles, travelers will enjoy deluxe Relais & Châteaux hotel accommodations, Michelin star restaurant dining, master chef cooking demonstrations and a specialized regional wine tasting program.
Discover the riches of the Loire Valley during The Dancing Gourmet's 7 day/6 night premium luxury tour. Among the highlights of the Loire Valley program: A cooking and "l'art de la table" class with 2 star Michelin Chef Remy Giraud of the "Domaine des Hauts de Loire" Relais & Châteaux hotel, personal factory tour and chocolate making demonstration with owner and artisan chocolate maker Max Vauché, regional cooking class and specialized regional wine tastings including King Francis 1st's exclusive Romorantin grape-based Cour Cheverny. Private guided visits to the castles of Blois, Talcy, Fougères-sur-Bièvre, Beauregard and Chambord are featured as well as exclusive access to parts of the castles normally closed to the public. A grand finale luncheon at the Château de Beauregard completes the program, prepared and hosted by Chef Linda Hymes (The Dancing Gourmet).
This luxury tour is a fully escorted, small group program organized by Lindergaff, LLC. and French travel company Val de Loire Prestige in conjunction with M. Robert Erignac, President of the Paris-based non-profit organization Routes François I. With extensive French connections to the best of the Loire Valley, the Routes François I tour provides an exclusive insider's experience not available to tourists. The average small group size of 10-12 guests will be escorted by a professional English-speaking tour guide, ensuring top-quality service and personal attention. All tours include deluxe hotel accommodations in central Paris and Relais & Châteaux restaurant and hotel accommodations in the Loire Valley with private en suite bath, buffet breakfast, gourmet dining daily, master cooking classes and specialized regional wine tastings, private artisan tours, sightseeing, and services of bilingual experts throughout.
Prices for the tour are available upon request at (415) 377-6061 and are based on double occupancy, land-only for the 7 day/6 night program.
ABOUT LINDERGAFF, LLC Books and Educational Tours: Lindergaff, LLC. offers the Routes François I tour to promote the historical sites linked to King Francis 1st in France. The company also offers private group tours for university alumni association travel programs, corporate team building and specialty events, as well as special private tours for clubs and professionals.
CONTACT INFORMATION Lindergaff, LLC, USA http://www.dancinggourmet.com 001-415-377-6061
JUNE 2003
Dancing Gourmet wins ForeWord COOKBOOK OF THE YEAR Award
The gold, silver and bronze award winners of the 2002 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards were announced Friday, May 30th at a BEA program in Los Angeles, CA. Established in 1998, ForeWord's Book of the Year Awards program has become one of the most prestigious honors for independent presses and their authors. From over a thousand entries, each category is pared to a pool of 8-10 finalists. From that pool, a jury of librarians and booksellers selects the top three entries in each category based on editorial excellence and professional production as well as the originality of the narrative and the value the book adds to its genre.
ForeWord is the only review trade journal devoted exclusively to covering independent houses---ranging in size from university presses publishing hundreds of tiles per year to micro, POD and eBook publishers who may publish one title in a lifetime. The Book of the Year Awards program was designed specifically for their primary readership, booksellers and librarians who use ForeWord as a resource on a year round basis, to share in the process of discovering worthwhile books across a number of genres with judgments based on their own authority in each category and on patron/customer interests. These carefully chosen titles affirm the notion that the best ideas in written form are coming from the independent press community, and that with further distinction, will find a broader audience among the reading public.
Cooking:
The Dancing Gourmet
Recipes to Keep You on Your Toes! (Bronze)
Linda Hymes
LINDERGAFF, LLC.
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MARCH 2003 News ~ Reviews ~ Links ~ About Us ~ Ordering Information
Linda Hymes, the author of The Dancing Gourmet, Recipes to Keep You on Your Toes! cookbook (ISBN 0-971978-204) has won the 2002 Gourmand World Cookbook Award Gold Medal for Best Photography/Illustration in English/USA and a Silver Medal for the Best Cookbook Photography in the World. The awards ceremony took place at the Chateau de Brissac in Angers, France, on Feb. 28, 2003. Over 3500 entrants competed from 60 countries in 33 languages.
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