LONDON, October 24 /PRNewswire/ --
The Multi-Lingual Phrase Passport, part of the Let's Eat Out! YourPassport to Living Gluten and Allergy Free series, wins Best Books 2006 Awardin the Language Guides category in a US competition today by USABookNews.com.
The innovative pocket-sized guide empowers travelers with food allergies,coeliac (an auto-immune disorder reflected in a permanent intolerance togluten), and those following specialised diets to safely eat outside thehome. The award-winning Passport includes over 1200 food allergen phrasesabout corn, dairy, eggs, fish, gluten, peanuts, shellfish, soy, tree nuts,and wheat to confidently travel in foreign language speaking countries.
These considerations outline ingredients, preparation techniques, diningrequests, breakfast dishes and health statements. Each phrase has beentranslated into French, German, Italian and Spanish by a professionaltranslation service and validated by native speakers to ensure accuracy andcontemporary cultural idioms.
Additionally, Let's Eat Out! Your Passport to Living Gluten and AllergyFree (R & R Publishing) has been recognised as a USABookNews.comaward-winning finalist for Best Health/Diet Book. Based on 4-plus years ofglobal research, this first-of-its-kind book is the foundation of the Let'sEat Out! series. Designed for safe dining, whether around the corner oraround the world, it is also a 2006 Benjamin Franklin Award finalist for BestHealth Book and Best First Book Non-Fiction.
The nearly 500-page full-color book is co-authored by Kim Koeller andRobert La France who collectively have traveled over 2 million miles anddined in 30-plus countries on four continents. Koeller, with an MBA inInternational Management, is a coeliac businesswoman managing over a dozenfood-related allergies while eating 80% of her meals away from home. LaFrance is a restaurant industry veteran, with a passion for the culinaryarts, who brings a unique understanding of how restaurant staffs canaccommodate guests with special dietary needs.
USABookNews.com, one of the premiere online magazine and review websitefor mainstream and independent US publishing houses, judged over 1200 entriesin 120-plus categories in America. Winners and finalists included Simon &Schuster, Warner Books, R & R Publishing and other US independent presses.
"This recognition is a tremendous honour. It is also an importantvalidation of our mission to create pioneering educational resources thatenable the 300 million people who manage specialized diets across the WesternWorld regain their quality of life," said Koeller. Added La France, "Let'sEat Out! empowers individuals with the knowledge they need to dine out andtravel anywhere in the world with confidence and ease. More importantly,awards such as these, help promote global awareness of food allergies andcoeliac so they become universally understood and an accepted way of living."
For more information, visit http://www.allergyfreepassport.co.uk orhttp://www.glutenfreepassport.co.uk . The series is available from R & RPublishing ( http://www.rnrpublishing.co.uk ), wholesalers, distributors,online and local bookstores worldwide.
Web site: http://www.allergyfreepassport.co.uk http://www.glutenfreepassport.co.uk http://www.rnrpublishing.co.uk
R & R Publishing
Richard La France of R & R Publishing, +44-0800-011-2542, info@rnrpublishing.com
