James Beard Award Nominees and Winners 2023

US Foodways

Gullah Geechee Home Cooking: Recipes from the Matriarch of Edisto Island
Emily Meggett with Kayla Stewart and Trelani Michelle
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US Foodways

I Am From Here: Stories and Recipes from a Southern Chef by Vishwesh Bhatt

WINNER

US Foodways

The Woks of Life: Recipes to Know and Love from a Chinese American Family by Bill Leung and Kaitlin Leung and Judy Leung and Sarah Leung
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Baking and Desserts

New European Baking: 99 Recipes for Breads, Brioches and Pastries
by Laurel Kratochvila

Baking and Dessert

Tava: Eastern European Baking and Desserts from Romania & Beyond
by Irina Georgescu (EYBDigital Preview)

WINNER

Baking and Dessert

What's for Dessert: Simple Recipes for Dessert People: A Baking Book
by Claire Saffitz
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Beverage without Recipes

Drinking with the Valkyries: Writings on Wine by Andrew Jefford

Beverage without Recipes

Exploring the World of Japanese Craft Sake: Rice, Water, Earth by Nancy Matsumoto and Michael Tremblay

WINNER

Beverage without Recipes

To Fall in Love, Drink This: A Wine Writer’s Memoir by Alice Feiring

Beverage with Recipes

The Bartender's Manifesto: How to Think, Drink, and Create Cocktails Like a Pro by Toby Maloney and Emma Janzen (EYBDigital Preview)

WINNER

Beverage with Recipes

Cure: New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix 'Em from the Award-Winning Bar by Neal Bodenheimer and Emily Timberlake

Beverage with Recipes

Wild Brews Wild Brews: The craft of home brewing, from sour and fruit beers to farmhouse ales by Jaega Wise

Bread

Breadsong: How Baking Changed Our Lives by Kitty Tait and Al Tait

Bread

The Perfect Loaf: The Craft and Science of Sourdough Breads, Sweets, and More by Maurizio Leo (EYBDigital Preview)

WINNER

Bread

The Miller's Daughter: Unusual Flours & Heritage Grains: Stories and Recipes from Hayden Flour Mills by Emma Zimmerman (EYBDigital Preview)

Reference, History and Scholarship

A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community by Natalia Molina

Reference, History and Scholarship

Slaves for Peanuts: A Story of Conquest, Liberation, and a Crop That Changed History by Jori Lewis

WINNER

Reference, History and Scholarship

What a Mushroom Lives For: Matsutake and the Worlds They Make by Michael J. Hathaway

Food Issues and Advocacy

Eating While Black: Food Shaming and Race in America by Psyche A. Williams-Forson

WINNER

Food Issues and Advocacy

Retail Inequality: Reframing the Food Desert Debate by Kenneth H. Kolb

Food Issues and Advocacy

Gastronativism: Food, Identity, Politics (Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History) by Fabio Parasecoli

General

The Cook You Want to Be: Everyday Recipes to Impress by Andy Baraghani (EYBDigital Preview)

WINNER

General

I Dream of Dinner (so you don't have to): Low-Effort, High-Reward Recipes: A Cookbook by Ali Slagle (EYBDigital Preview)

General

Sunday Best: Cooking Up the Weekend Spirit Every Day: A Cookbook by Adrienne Cheatham with Sarah Zorn (EYBDigital Preview)

International

Masala: Recipes from India, the Land of Spices by Anita Jaisinghani (EYBDigital Preview)

International

Mezcla: Recipes to Excite by Ixta Belfrage (EYBDigital Preview)

International

Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico by Rick Martinez (EYBDigital Preview)

WINNER

Writing

California Soul: An American Epic of Cooking and Survival by Keith Corbin with Kevin Alexander

Writing

Savor: A Chef's Hunger for More by Fatima Ali with Tarajia Morrell

WINNER

Writing

To Boldly Grow: Finding Joy, Adventure, and Dinner in Your Own Backyard by Tamar Haspel

Visuals

Chinese-ish: Home Cooking, Not Quite Authentic, 100% Delicious by Rosheen Kaul (EYBDigital Preview)

WINNER

Visuals

Homage: Recipes and Stories from an Amish Soul Food Kitchen by Chris Scott

Visuals

The Sofrito Manifesto by Bernardo Medina

Restaurant and Professional

Bludso's BBQ Cookbook: A Family Affair in Smoke and Soul by Kevin Bludso and Noah Galuten

WINNER

Restaurant and Professional

Please Wait to Be Tasted: The Lil’ Deb’s Oasis Cookbook by Carla Perez-Gallardo and Hannah Black

Restaurant and Professional

Turkey and the Wolf: Flavor Trippin' in New Orleans by Mason Hereford and JJ Goode (EYBDigital Preview)

Single Subject

Masa: Techniques, Recipes, and Reflections on a Timeless Staple
by Jorge Gaviria

Single Subject

The Miracle of Salt: Recipes and Techniques to Ferment Food, Preserve Ingredients, and Transform Your Cooking by Naomi Duguid

Single Subject

The Wok: Recipes and Techniques by J. Kenji López-Alt

WINNER

Vegetable-Focused Cooking

Plant-Based India: Nourishing Recipes Rooted in Tradition by Dr. Sheil Shukla

Vegetable-Focused Cooking

Praise of Veg: A Modern Kitchen Companion by Alice Zaslavsky
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Vegetable-Focused Cooking

The Vegan Chinese Kitchen: Recipes and Modern Stories from a Thousand-Year-Old Tradition by Hannah Che (EYBDigital Preview)

WINNER

Emerging Voice

Illyanna Maisonet for Diasporican: A Puerto Rican Cookbook

Cookbook Hall of Fame

 Joe Randall