Currence Takes Home SIBA Award
The Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance has just announced its 2014 Book Award winners. In the cooking category, the winner was John Currence for Pickles, Pigs & Whiskey: Recipes from My Three Favorite Food Groups and Then Some (Andrews McMeel, Oct. 2013). Born in New Orleans, the Beard Award–winning Currence currently lives in Oxford, Miss., where he has opened and oversees several restaurants.
Cooking for the Premier and Prime Minister
Helen and Lisa Tse, authors of Sweet Mandarin Cookbook (Kyle Books, June) and chefs at the Manchester, U.K. restaurant of the same name, recently prepared a meal for Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and British Prime Minister David Cameron at 10 Downing Street. Seen here, l. to r., Helen Tse, Li, Cameron, and Lisa Tse.
