Pat Crocker wins Best in The World at the Gourmand Awards in Paris for her book The Vegan Cook's Bible.

Cuisine Canada member Pat Crocker recently won a Gourmand World Cookbook Award in Paris, France. Her recent book, The Vegan Cook’s Bible (Robert Rose) took top honours as the Best Vegetarian Cookbook in the World.

For Crocker, this is  her second big Gourmand win. Her book, The Juicing Bible,  also won Best in the World in 2000.

Awarded the Gertrude Foster Award for Excellence in Herbal Literature from the Herb Society of America in 2009 and a Gold Medal from Books for Better Living, Crocker seems to know the recipe for success.

When asked how she felt about her recent honours, Crocker said, “To write a cookbook takes long hours alone in the kitchen and at the computer. Awards not only connect authors and readers, they feed the souls of writers. For me, this award isn’t just about The Vegan Cook’s Bible, it’s the result of years of writing for newspapers, magazines, and most recently, my blog as well as the cookbooks.”

Congratulations, Pat!