Here are the nominees for the 2008 James Beard Foundation Awards. Winners will be named on June 8, 2008.
Some of my favorites are nominated: Mark Bittman, Jacques Pepin, Heidi Swanson, and Laurent Tourondel, chef & owner of the wonderful BLT restaurants in New York.
ASIAN COOKING
My Bombay Kitchen: Traditional and Modern Parsi Home Cooking
by Niloufer Ichaporia King
(University of California Press)
Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook
by Fuchsia Dunlop
(W.W. Norton & Company)
The Seventh Daughter: My Culinary Journey from Beijing to San Francisco
by Cecilia Chiang with Lisa Weiss
(Ten Speed Press)
BAKING AND DESSERT
A Baker's Odyssey
by Greg Patent
(John Wiley & Sons)
Peter Reinhart's Whole Grain Breads: New Techniques, Extraordinary Flavor
by Peter Reinhart
(Ten Speed Press)
Pure Dessert
by Alice Medrich
(Artisan)
COOKING FROM A PROFESSIONAL POINT OF VIEW
Bistro Laurent Tourondel: New American Bistro Cooking
by Laurent Tourondel and Michele Scicolone
(John Wiley & Sons)
The Fundamental Techniques of Classic Cuisine
by The French Culinary Institute with Judith Choate
(Stewart, Tabori & Chang)
Morimoto: The New Art of Japanese Cooking
by Masaharu Morimoto
(DK Publishing)
ENTERTAINING
Dish Entertains
by Trish Magwood
(HarperCollins Canada)
Great Bar Food at Home
by Kate Heyhoe
(John Wiley & Sons)
Welcome to Michael's: Great Food, Great People, Great Party!
by Michael McCarthy
(Little, Brown and Company)
AMERICANA
The Glory of Southern Cooking
by James Villas
(John Wiley & Sons)
A Love Affair with Southern Cooking
by Jean Anderson
(HarperCollins Publishers)
Rosa's New Mexican Table
by Roberto Santibanez
(Artisan)
GENERAL
Chez Jacques: Traditions and Rituals of a Cook
by Jacques Pépin
(Stewart, Tabori & Chang)
Cooking
by James Peterson
(Ten Speed Press)
How to Cook Everything Vegetarian: Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food
by Mark Bittman
(John Wiley & Sons)
HEALTHY FOCUS
The EatingWell Diet
by Jean Harvey-Berino with Joyce Hendley and the Editors of EatingWell
(The Countryman Press)
Super Natural Cooking: Five Ways to Incorporate Whole & Natural Ingredients into Your Cooking
by Heidi Swanson
(Celestial Arts)
The Wine and Food Lover's Diet: 28 Days of Delicious Weight Loss
Author: Phillip Tirman
(Chronicle Books)
INTERNATIONAL
The Country Cooking of France
by Anne Willan
(Chronicle Books)
Lidia's Italy: 140 Simple and Delicious Recipes from the Ten Places in Italy Lidia Loves Most
by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich and Tanya Bastianich Manuali
(Alfred A. Knopf)
Two Meatballs in the Italian Kitchen
by Pino Luongo and Mark Strausman
(Artisan)
REFERENCE
Food: The History of Taste
edited by Paul Freedman
(University of California Press)
A Geography of Oysters: The Connoisseur's Guide to Oyster Eating in North America
by Rowan Jacobsen
(Bloomsbury)
The Story of Tea: A Cultural History and Drinking Guide
by Mary Lou Heiss and Robert J. Heiss
(Ten Speed Press)
SINGLE SUBJECT
Laura Werlin's Cheese Essentials
by Laura Werlin
(Stewart, Tabori & Chang)
The River Cottage Meat Book
by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
(Ten Speed Press)
Vegetable Harvest
by Patricia Wells
(HarperCollins Publishers)
WINE AND SPIRITS
The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty
by Julia Flynn Siler
(Gotham Books)
Imbibe!: From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to "Professor" Jerry Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar
by David Wondrich
(Perigee)
To Cork or Not To Cork: Tradition, Romance, Science, and the Battle for the Wine Bottle
by George M. Taber
(Scribner)
WRITING ON FOOD
American Food Writing: An Anthology with Classic Recipes
edited by Molly O'Neill
(The Library of America)
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
by Barbara Kingsolver
(HarperCollins Publishers)
Rethinking Thin: The New Science of Weight Loss-and the Myths and Realities of Dieting
by Gina Kolata
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
PHOTOGRAPHY
The Country Cooking of France
Photographer: France Ruffenach
(Chronicle Books)
Crust
Photographer: Jean Cazals
(Kyle Books)
Egg
Photographer: Grant Symon
(Éditions Flammarion)
