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.
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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