James Beard Award Nominees and Winners 2024

US Foodways

Ed Mitchell's Barbecue by Ed and Ryan Mitchell

US Foodways

Love Japan: Recipes from our Japanese American Kitchen by Sawako Okuchi and Aaron Israel (EYBD Preview)

WINNER

US Foodways

Made Here Recipes & Reflections From NYC's Asian Communities by Send Chinatown Love

Baking and Desserts

Dark Rye & Honeycake: Festival Baking from Belgium, the Heart of the Low Countries by Regula Ysewijn

WINNER

Baking and Dessert

Mayumu: Filipino American Desserts Remixed by Abi Balingit

Baking and Dessert

More Than Cake: 100 Baking Recipes Built for Pleasure and Community by Natasha Pickowicz

Beverage without Recipes

Agave Spirits: The Past, Present, and Future of Mezcals by Gary Paul Nabhan Ph.D. and David Suro Piñera

WINNER

Beverage without Recipes

The New French Wine: Redefining the World's Greatest Wine Culture

Beverage without Recipes

Vines in a Cold Climate: The People Behind the English Wine Revolution by Henry Jefferies

Beverage with Recipes

Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs, & Juice: Cocktails from Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks by Toni Tipton-Martin

Beverage with Recipes

The Maison Premiere Almanac: Cocktails, Oysters, Absinthe, and Other Essential Nutrients for the Sensualist, Aesthete, and Flaneur by Joshua Boissy, Krystof Zizka and Jordan Mackay (EYBD Preview)

Beverage with Recipes

Slow Drinks by Danny Childs (EYBD Preview)

WINNER

Reference, History and Scholarship

The Ark of Taste: Delicious and Distinctive Foods That Define the United States by Giselle Kennedy Lord and David S. Shields

Reference, History and Scholarship

Food Power Politics: The Food Story of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement by Bobby J. Smith II

Reference, History and Scholarship

White Burgers, Black Cash: Fast Food from Black Exclusion to Exploitation by Naa Oyo A. Kwate

WINNER

Food Issues and Advocacy

At the Table: The Chef's Guide to Advocacy by Katherine Miller

Food Issues and Advocacy

Avocado Anxiety: and Other Stories About Where Your Food Comes From by Louise Gray

Food Issues and Advocacy

Resilient Kitchens: American Immigrant Cooking in a Time of Crisis, Essays and Recipes by Philip Gleissner and Harry Eli Kashdan

WINNER

General

A Cook’s Book by Nigel Slater 

General

Start Here: Instructions for Becoming a Better Cook by Sohla El-Waylly

WINNER

General

The Everlasting Meal Cookbook: Leftovers A-Z by Tamar Adler

International

Made in Taiwan: Recipes and Stories from the Island Nation by Clarissa We

International

My Everyday Lagos: Nigerian Cooking at Home and in the Diaspora by Yewande Komolafe (EYBD Preview)

International

The World Central Kitchen Cookbook: Feeding Humanity, Feeding Hope by José Andrés and World Central Kitchen (EYBD Preview)

WINNER

Writing

Food Stories - Writing That Stirs the Pot by The Bitter Southerner

Writing

For The Culture: Celebrating Black Women and Femmes in Food and Wine by Klancy Miller

Writing

The Migrant Chef: The Life and Times of Lalo García by Laura Tillman

WINNER

Visuals

The Book of Sichuan Chili Crisp: Spicy Recipes and Stories from Fly By Jing's Kitchen by Jing Gao (EYBD Preview)

WINNER

Visuals

For The Culture: Celebrating Black Women and Femmes in Food and Wine by Klancy Miller

Visuals

Thank You Please Come Again: How Gas Stations Feed & Fuel the American South by Kate Medley and Dave Whiting

Restaurant and Professional

Ester: Australian Cooking by Mat Lindsay and Pat Nourse

Restaurant and Professional

Fish Butchery: Mastering The Catch, Cut, and Craft by Josh Niland (EYBD Preview)

WINNER

Restaurant and Professional

Rintaro: Food and Stories from a Japanese Izakaya in California by Sylvan Mishima Brackett (EYBD Preview)

Single Subject

The Hog Island Book of Fish & Seafood: Culinary Treasures from Our Waters by John Ash

Single Subject

Pasta Every Day: Make It, Shape It, Sauce It, Eat It by Meryl Feinstein (EYBD Preview)

WINNER

Single Subject

Yogurt & Whey: Recipes of an Iranian Immigrant Life by Homa Dashtaki

Vegetable-Focused Cooking

Ever-Green Vietnamese: Super-Fresh Recipes, Starring Plants from Land and Sea by Andrea Nguyen (EYBD Preview)

Vegetable-Focused Cooking

Japan, The Vegetarian Cookbook by Nancy Singleton Hachisu (EYBD Preview)

Vegetable-Focused Cooking

Tenderheart: A Book About Vegetables and Unbreakable Family Bonds by Hetty McKinnon

WINNER

Emerging Voice

Abi Balingit (author of Mayumu: Filipino American Desserts Remixed)

Cookbook Hall of Fame

Chef Pierre Thiam, author several books including Simply West African: Easy, Joyful Recipes for Every Kitchen)