International Food, Wine and Travel Writers Association Announces 2010 Scholarship Winners

Oct. 23, 2010 - PRLog -- The International Food, Wine and Travel Writers Association (IFWTWA) Board of Directors is pleased to announce the winners of the 2010 Wine, Food and Travel Writing Scholarship Awards. This year, Heather Carreiro of Boston, Massachusetts, won first place for her story “Cooking in Lahore: An American Woman in a Pakistani Kitchen.”

According to Allen Cox, IFWTWA Board Member and Awards Committee Chair, “Ms. Carreiro brings her contact with another culture vibrantly alive and tells the story of her friendship with a Pakistani woman with humor and heart.”

Carreiro will be awarded a one-year regular membership in IFWTWA; publication in Global Writes, IFWTWA's online magazine; and complimentary attendance at the annual IFWTWA Conference at Sea aboard Holland America Lines.

Diane Rezendes Khirallah swept up the second place award for her story “Festa Fare,” originally published in San Jose Mercury News. In “Festa Fare,” Khirallah recounts the traditional Portuguese food celebration called Festa. She will be awarded a one-year regular membership in IFWTWA, publication in Global Writes and a cash award.

“We received many outstanding entries in this year's competition,” says Cox. “Both winning entries best exemplify the journalistic excellence IFWTWA looks for in its members. I am thrilled that these two fine writers will become a part of our organization.”

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About IFWTWA: The International Food, Wine and Travel Writers Association (IFWTWA) is a global network of journalists who cover the hospitality and lifestyle fields, and the people who promote them. In 1956 a group of prominent Frenchmen started rating restaurants. This small group, along with an American, conceptualized an international version of their organization. It became the International Food, Wine and Travel Writers Association when formally created as a non-profit organization in California in 1981.