- US Foodways (formerly American Cooking)
- Baking and Dessert
- Beverage without Recipes
- Beverage with Recipes
- General
- International
- Reference, History and Scholarship
- Restaurant and Professional
- Single Subject
- Vegetable-Focused Cooking
- Visuals (formerly Photography)
- Writing
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IndexedUS Foodways
Black Food: Stories, Art, and Recipes from Across the African Diaspora by Bryant Terry (EYBDigital Preview)
IndexedUS Foodways
Mosquito Supper Club: Cajun Recipes from a Disappearing Bayou by Melissa M. Martin (WINNER)
IndexedUS Foodways
The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food by Marcus Samuelsson with Osayi Endolyn
IndexedBaking and Desserts
Cheryl Day's Treasury of Southern Baking by Cheryl Day
IndexedBaking and Dessert (WINNER) & Emerging Voice Award 2022
Mooncakes and Milk Bread: Sweet and Savory Recipes Inspired by Chinese Bakeries by Kristina Cho (EYBDigital Preview)
IndexedBaking and Dessert
Mother Grains: Recipes for the Grain Revolution by Roxana Jullapat

Beverage without Recipes
Foot Trodden: Portugal and the Wines that Time Forgot by Simon J. Woolf and Ryan Opaz

Beverage without Recipes
Girly Drinks by Mallory O'Meara (WINNER)

Beverage without Recipes
Noble Rot Book: Wine from Another Galaxy by Dan Keeling and Mark Andrew (EYBDigital preview)
IndexedBeverage with Recipes
Death & Co: Welcome Home by Alex Day and Nick Fauchald and David Kaplan (EYBDigital Preview)
IndexedBeverage with Recipes
The Japanese Art of the Cocktail by Masahiro Urushido and Michael Anstendig
IndexedBeverage with Recipes
The Way of the Cocktail: Japanese Traditions, Techniques, and Recipes by Julia Momosé and Emma Janzen (EYBDigitial Preview) WINNER)

Reference, History and Scholarship
Koji Alchemy: Rediscovering the Magic of Mold-Based Fermentation by Rich Shih and Jeremy Umansky

Reference, History and Scholarship
Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue by Adrian Miller (WINNER)
IndexedReference, History and Scholarship
The Flavor Equation: The Science of Great Cooking Explained: More Than 100 Essential Recipes by Nik Sharma
IndexedGeneral
Everyone's Table: Global Recipes for Modern Health by Gregory Gourdet with JJ Goode (WINNER)
IndexedGeneral
Cook, Eat, Repeat: Ingredients, Recipes, and Stories by Nigella Lawson
IndexedGeneral
Cooking at Home: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Recipes (And Love My Microwave) by David Chang and Priya Krishna (EYBDigital Preview)
IndexedInternational
Falastin: A Cookbook by Sami Tamimi and Tara Wigley (EYBDigital Preview)
IndexedInternational
In Bibi's Kitchen: The Recipes and Stories of Grandmothers from the Eight African Countries that Touch the Indian Ocean by Hawa Hassan with Julia Turshen (EYBDigital Preview) (WINNER)
IndexedInternational
Ripe Figs: Recipes and Stories from Turkey, Greece, and Cyprus by Yasmin Khan

Writing
Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America by Marcia Chatelain (WINNER)

Writing
Getting Something to Eat in Jackson: Race, Class, and Food in the American South by Joseph C. Ewoodzie Jr.

Writing
The Man Who Ate Too Much: The Life of James Beard by John Birdsall
IndexedVisuals
monk: Light and Shadow on the Philosopher's Path by Yuka Yanazume and Julia Hasting

Visuals
Sushi Shokunin: Japan's Culinary Masters by Andrea Fazzari
IndexedVisuals
Take One Fish: The New School of Scale-to-Tail Cooking and Eating by Josh Niland (WINNER)
IndexedRestaurant and Professional
Mister Jiu's in Chinatown: Recipes and Stories from the Birthplace of Chinese American Food by Brandon Jew and Tienlon Ho (EYBDigital Preview) (WINNER)
IndexedRestaurant and Professional
Modernist Pizza by Nathan Myhrvold and Francisco Migoya (EYBDigital Preview)
IndexedRestaurant and Professional
Pasta: The Spirit and Craft of Italy's Greatest Food, with Recipes by Missy Robbins and Talia Baiocchi (EYBDigital Preview)
Indexed
IndexedSingle Subject
Grains for Every Season: Rethinking Our Way with Grains by Joshua McFadden with Martha Holmberg
IndexedSingle Subject
The Hog Book: A Chef’s Guide to Hunting, Butchering and Cooking Wild Pigs by Jesse Griffiths (WINNER)
IndexedVegetable-Focused Cooking
The Korean Vegan Cookbook: Reflections and Recipes from Omma's Kitchen by Joanne Lee Molinaro (WINNER)
IndexedVegetable-Focused Cooking
To Asia, With Love: Everyday Asian Recipes and Stories from the Heart by Hetty McKinnon (EYBDigital Preview)
IndexedVegetable-Focused Cooking
Vegetable Kingdom: The Abundant World of Vegan Recipes by Bryant Terry (EYBDigital Preview)
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