An informative cookbook named « Baguettes & Fourchettes at the market » has been published in Shanghai lately by a charity organization called “A Pleines Mains” (hereinafter referred to as APM). Since the sales revenue of the book are going to be used for charity only, Saint-Gobain is glad to be a Platinum Sponsor for the publication of this book to provide supports for the people in need.

« Baguettes & Fourchettes at the market » is a presentation of fruits and vegetables from Asian markets, including information about their nutritional and medicinal properties as well as the proper way to select, store, and prepare. In order to make shopping easier, detachable flashcards with pictures of the 71 fruits & vegetables are also combined in the book as convenient handy tools to take with when shopping in markets. Besides, it also provides 100 Western and Asian recipes related to every fruit and vegetables listed in the book. Published in 3 languages (French, English and Chinese), the book is sold in China, Korea and Singapore. As for its distribution in Shanghai, « Baguettes & Fourchettes at the market » is sold through APM’s book sales points, charity communities and bazaar sales.

In the year of 2015, APM helped 5500 disadvantaged people vary from the homeless people to the children whose parents are in jail and needy children before and after surgery through 1,025 boxes sent to 33 projects. This time, the sales from the cookbook will help to support and finance certain APM projects caring for blind orphans in Beijing and former lepers in Guangdong and Guangxi provinces.