James Beard Foundation Book Awards
Posted by: Keir
The winners of the 2007 James Beard Foundation/KitchenAid Book Awards have been announced. When? Oh, a little while ago. I started this post shortly after the fact but I must have gotten distracted by something. But, like most enthusiastic amateur cooks, I love cookbooks–and buy far more than I need. I might love food reference books even more. My wife is still wondering why our tiny kitchen requires its own copy of Larousse Gastronomique, especially when I have yet to cook pig’s trotters in aspic even once.
Asian Cooking
Cradle of Flavor, by James Oseland (Norton)
Baking and Dessert
Baking: From My Home to Yours, by Dorie Greenspan (Houghton Mifflin)
Cookbook Hall of Fame
Moosewood Cookbook, by Mollie Katzen (Ten Speed Press)
Cookbook of the Year
The Lee Bros. Southern Cookbook, by Matt Lee and Ted Lee (Norton)
Cooking from a Professional Point of View
Grand Livre de Cuisine: Alain Ducasse’s Desserts and Pastries, by Alain Ducasse and Frédéric Robert (Les Éditions d’Alain Ducasse)
Entertaining
The Big Book of Outdoor Cooking and Entertaining, by Cheryl Alters Jamison and Bill Jamison (HarperCollins)
Food of the Americas
The Lee Bros. Southern Cookbook, by Matt Lee and Ted Lee (Norton)
General
Tasty: Get Great Food on the Table Every Day, by Roy Finamore (Houghton Mifflin)
Healthy Focus
Whole Grains Every Day, Every Way, by Lorna Sass (Clarkson Potter)
International
The Soul of a New Cuisine, by Marcus Samuelsson (Wiley)
Photography
Michael Mina, photographed by Karl Petzke (Bulfinch Press/Little, Brown)
Reference
What to Eat, by Marion Nestle (North Point/FSG)
Single Subject
The Essence of Chocolate, by John Scharffenberger and Robert Steinberg (Hyperion)
Wine and Spirits
Romancing the Vine, by Alan Tardi (St. Martin’s)
Writing on Food
The Omnivore’s Dilemma, by Michael Pollan (Penguin Press)
The Lee Brothers.
