Cookbook award season is here!

IACP awards

Now that the Oscars are over we can turn our attention to cookbook award season. Two have already been announced, the Gourmand and the Food52 Piglet Contest, but the two most prestigious are coming up - the James Beard Foundation and the IACP.

And the IACP is especially exciting. Below you'll see the list for the cookbook finalists, but first we wanted to alert you about our activities (both Jane and Fiona will be attending) at the IACP Conference in San Francisco in early April:

For the 4th year, we'll be giving out the Eat Your Books Award to the winner of the General Category in the cookbook contest.
There is a Culinary Expo on Sunday April 7 where EYB will have a booth and many cookbook authors will be available to sign books and meet their fans.
Last, but not least, we are giving away 6 guest passes for the Expo - just comment here saying you want to attend (make sure you are signed in so we can access your email). If there are more than 6 applicants we will use a random number generator.

Please make a point of looking us up.

And now for the IACP cookbook finalists. You can see the full list here, but here are the pure cookbook nominees:

American

The Farm: Rustic Recipes for a Year of Incredible Food by Ian Knauer
Hiroko's American Kitchen: Cooking with Japanese Flavors by Hiroko Shimbo
Texas Eats: The New Lone Star Heritage Cookbook, with More Than 200 Recipes by Robb Walsh

Baking: Savory or Sweet

Flour Water Salt Yeast: The Fundamentals of Artisan Bread and Pizza by Ken Forkish
The Liddabit Sweets Candy Cookbook: How to Make Truly Scrumptious Candy in Your Own Kitchen! by Liz Gutman, Jen King
Simply Sensational Cookies by Nancy Baggett

Chefs and Restaurants

Bouchon Bakery by Thomas Keller, Sebastien Rouxel
Jerusalem: A Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi
Vietnamese Home Cooking by Charles Phan

Children, Youth & Family

Dinner: A Love Story: It all begins at the family table by Jenny Rosenstrach
Teen Cuisine: New Vegetarian by Matthew Locricchio
The Mom 100 Cookbook: 100 Recipes Every Mom Needs in Her Back Pocket by Katie Workman

Compilations

La Cucina Italiana Encyclopedia of Italian Cooking by The Editors of La Cucina Italiana
The Meat Free Monday Cookbook: A Full Menu for Every Monday of the Year by Annie Rigg, Paul McCartney
The New Way to Cook Light: Fresh Food & Bold Flavors for Today's Home Cook by Scott Mowbray, Ann Taylor Pittman

First Book: The Julia Child Award

Japanese Farm Food by Nancy Singleton Hachisu
The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook by Deborah Perelman
Vietnamese Home Cooking by Charles Phan

General (The Eat Your Books Award)

Gran Cocina Latina: The Food of Latin America by Maricel Presilla
How to Cook Everything The Basics: All You Need to Make Great Food--With 1,000 Photos by Mark Bittman
True Food: Seasonal, Sustainable, Simple, Pure by Andrew Weil, Sam Fox with Michael Stebner

Health and Special Diet

The Back in the Swing Cookbook: Recipes for Eating and Living Well Every Day After Breast Cancer by Barbara Unell, Judith Fertig
Cooking Light The New Way to Cook Light: Fresh Food & Bold Flavors for Today's Home Cook by Scott Mowbray, Ann Taylor Pittman
Whole Grains for a New Generation: Light Dishes, Hearty Meals, Sweet Treats, and Sundry Snacks for the Everyday Cook by Liana Krissoff

International

Burma: Rivers of Flavor by Naomi Duguid
Jerusalem: A Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi
A Sardinian Cookbook by Giovanni Pilu, Roberta Muir

Single Subject

Asian Tofu: Discover the Best, Make Your Own, and Cook It at Home by Andrea Nguyen
Modern Sauces: More than 150 Recipes for Every Cook, Every Day by Martha Holmberg
Roots: The Definitive Compendium with more than 225 Recipes by Diane Morgan

Wine, Beer or Spirits

Canadian Whisky: The Portable Expert by Davin de Kergommeaux
Frontera: Margaritas, Guacamoles, and Snacks by Rick Bayless, Deann Groen Bayless
The Vineyard at the End of the World: Maverick Winemakers and the Rebirth of Malbec by Ian Mount

And don't forget, we're giving away 6 guest passes for the Expo - just comment here to enter (make sure you are signed in so we can access your email).

15 comments

JaneFebruary 28, 2013

I know, that Gourmand Awards site must be the most irritating I have ever come across. I don't know how anyone could think the sound of pages turning is helpful! And the layout is terrible too. They have had it like this for a few years so they obviously don't get negative feedback on it (or ignore it if they do).

wcrizzoFebruary 27, 2013

Come on Smitten Kitchen!

ShefsKitchenFebruary 27, 2013

I love all the Ottolenghi cookbooks. I can't wait to get Nancy Singleton Hachisu's book which i've heard amazing things about. Happy to see a wide variety of backgrounds of the authors in this list.

ellabeeFebruary 28, 2013

Can't get to SF, so don't enter me in the ticket drawing. But I wanted to thank you for alerting to the existence of the Gourmand awards -- and to say that the presentation of that info is the most irritating and reader-unfriendly that I've ever experienced. Is there a location where the same information is just presented in static print? I gave up less than halfway through.

geoff@kupesoftware.comFebruary 27, 2013

I thought this list was amazing - yay!

BreadcrumbsFebruary 28, 2013

ellabee, I had the same reaction as you did to the Gourmand site/presentation of info. I only made it to page 3 of 442 though!!

Here's a link to a summary of the info: http://eater.com/archives/2013/02/25/gourmand-awards.php

BreadcrumbsFebruary 27, 2013

I always look forward to these nominations and this year has a number of very worthy nominees.

My absolute favourite book on the list is The Farm. I bought this last year and have loved every single recipe I made. It's a real treasure.

I did post my thoughts on the list here: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/892118#7921439

One thing I did forget to mention there was my:

Book That I Seem To Be The Only One Who Isn't Remotely Interested in Category ... The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook

Next year I hope we see EYB in the Culinary Website Category!!

michelle1009February 27, 2013

Smitten Kitchen and Jerusalem cookbooks are two of my favorites. I am a huge foodie and am addicted to cookbooks. I have an extensive collection and would love to attend the expo!!

KatnatFebruary 27, 2013

Can't wait to get Japanese farm foods. I understand its sold out of most places.

ellabeeMarch 1, 2013

Ah, much better: The Eater listing can be viewed all at once and studied.

And doing so delights me with the news that one of the regional prizes (World Cuisine: Arab) was won by my favorite new cookbook, The Gaza Kitchen by Laila El-Haddad and Maggie Schmitt. It's only been available since mid-January, and the authors are doing a some cooking and book events up and down the eastern US this month. [More info at justworldbooks.com ]

BreadcrumbsMarch 7, 2013

Just a note to clarify that I did not post above to enter the contest - just to share my views.

djkubicaMarch 19, 2013

Looking forward to the results of the awards show. Dan

Thanks for the link, Breadcrumbs! And Jane, thank you for helping make EYB a lot more responsive than the Gourmand operation and their insulated artistes.

dixiecaviarMarch 3, 2013

I want to attend IACP! Have y'all already picked the 6?!? So cool, guys.

FuzzyChefMarch 6, 2013

Huh! Unlike the Oscars, I've actually seen and have opinions on many of the nominees. The Chef Restaurant category is going to be particularly brutal; I don't know how you'd decide between those three.

(don't enter me into the contest, though; sadly, I will be out of town during it)