Images as witnesses to Alpine food history
We travelled the length of the Alps for the book and its companion documentary series, from the French Alps in the west to the Slovenian Alps in the east. We hunted for historical images in archives, museums and collections, in private hands, and with the producers of Alpine delicacies themselves. These images are historical sources in their own right, and some had never been published. The image research became a contribution of its own to the study of the Alps’ culinary heritage.
Awards
The Académie Suisse des Gastronomes awarded Monica Rottmeyer its Special Prize in 2012 for the historical research behind the book and the documentary series ‘Das kulinarische Erbe der Alpen’.
The German Gastronomic Academy (GAD) awarded the book a Gold Medal in 2013, presented at the Frankfurt Book Fair. From the jury’s citation, in our translation: “The winning books whet the appetite and stand out for their care and fine design as much as for their content.”
Credits
- Year: 2012
- Authors: Dominik Flammer, Sylvan Müller
- Co-author and Visual History: Monica Rottmeyer
- Publisher: AT Verlag
- Languages: German, Italian