Maybe if we just cooked for each other, we would all get along. Perhaps chefs and RD's should be the ambassadors of the world - hey, it's worth a shot! Maybe our platform would be "World Piece"... a piece of fruit pie, a piece of veggie pizza...you get the idea. So why am I rambling on about food and international relationships?
I just found out that another foriegn language right sale was made for 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! Besides English and the other "English" (anglicized - which is now selling in the U.K. with a beautiful picture of pomegranates on the cover), 101 Foods will now be coming out in Spanish, French, Romanian, Portuguese, Greek, Turkish, Czechoslovakian, Latvian and now in the Arabic language. Cool, eh?
My only thought of why there is such international interest in my book is that I appropriately gave a nod to the origins of all of the featured foods. It was amazing to me when I was conducting research on these foods how a food like the kiwi made it all the way from the Yangtze River Valley in northern China to New Zealand to eventually land on the plates of Americans. Go figure! Anyhow, I thought I'd share this wonderful news with all my readers!
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There is an alternative to English as the dominant World Language, and its name is Esperanto.
Esperanto is now within the top 100 languages, out of 6,800 worldwide, according to the CIA factbook. It is the 17th most used language in Wikipedia, and in use by Skype, Firefox and Facebook.
Native Esperanto speakers, include George Soros, Ulrich Brandenburg the new German Ambassador to NATO, and World Champion Chess Player, Susan Polger.
The World Esperanto Association enjoys consultative relations with both the United Nations and UNESCO.
Evidence can be seen at http://www.lernu.net
An interesting video can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LV9XU
Hey Brian:
I would love the book translated into Esperanto! Do you know of a Esperanto publisher? Great idea.
OK, that is SO COOL! You are an international superstar! LOL ;~P
Thanks, Roni!
Sure...I'll take that title - ha!
I'm just taking a break during a national radio media tour promoting Chilean Hass Avocados for he holidays! At least the national listeners are thrilled with my message "eat more avocados!"
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