Lietuvos rytas, Lithuania’s largest daily newspaper, reported the English translation of Nida Degutienė’s book “Izraelio skoniai: šventės ir kasdiena” has been awarded the title of best Jewish cookbook in South Africa for 2015. The translation was published as “A Taste of Israel: From Classic Litvak to Modern Israel” by Struik Lifestyle, a division of Penguin Random House South Africa, in 2015. The Lithuanian book was published by the author in 2014.

The newspaper didn’t specify who issued the award, but said the cookbook would compete as a South African entry at World Cookbook Awards 2015 ceremony to be held May 28 in Yantai, China.

Nida Degutienė is the wife of former Lithuanian ambassador to Israel Darius Degutis. She presented her cookbook at the Lithuanian Jewish Community on Friday, April 24, 2015, as the final speech at a celebration of the 67th anniversary of Israeli independence.