Remarkable Success of 'Cookery Book With a Difference' is Boost to New Children's Kidney Centre at Great Ormond Street

Remarkable Success of 'Cookery Book With a Difference' is Boost to New Children's Kidney Centre at Great Ormond Street PR Newswire LONDON, August 29, 2012 LONDON, August 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A book entitled A Life in Food, a personal perspective on cooking and hospitality by the pioneer of boutique hotels, is proving to be a big winner for a new children's kidney centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital. Written by Bea Tollman, the Founder and President of Red Carnation Hotels, the book has been so successful that it is being reprinted for the third time. Its earlier two editions have completely sold out, selling nearly 8000 copies. Patients with kidney conditions at Great Ormond Street Hospital are benefitting from this remarkable success, with the full selling price of the book going towards [1]Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity. A Life in Food is part cookery book, part autobiography. It charts Bea Tollman's remarkable career in the hospitality industry. In three continents, and in a career spanning more than 50 years, she has been at the forefront of the trend towards boutique hotels. The lavishly-illustrated account of her life is interspersed with recipes for many of the 'signature' dishes which she has created at her restaurants and hotels. Bea Tollman said, "Over the years, many people have asked me how I learned to cook, and where my journey with both fine dining and comfort food began. A Life in Food is the result.