The Nom Nom Nominees For The James Beard Awards

Beer and beef, wine and chocolate, butter and olive oil - all the good stuff is properly represented among the nominees for the annual James Beard Foundation awards, which are given to cookbook authors, food writers, and chefs in numerous categories. The nominees announced today include three of Amazon's Best Books of the Month picks from 2011, including Blood, Bones & Butter, chosen as one of our Best Books of the Year.

American Cooking

• A New Turn in the South: Southern Flavors Reinvented for Your Kitchen, by Hugh Acheson
• American Flavor, by Andrew Carmellini and Gwen Hyman
• Masala Farm: Stories and Recipes from an Uncommon Life in the Country, by Suvir Saran with Raquel Pelzel and Charlie Burd

Cooking from a Professional Point of View

• The Art of Living According to Joe Beef: A Cookbook of Sorts, by Meredith Erickson, David McMillan, and Frédéric Morin
• Eleven Madison Park: The Cookbook, by Daniel Humm and Will Guidara
• Modernist Cuisine, by Nathan Myhrvold with Chris Young and Maxime Bilet

Baking and Dessert

• Baking Style: Art, Craft, Recipes, by Lisa Yockelson
• Cooking with Chocolate: Essential Recipes and Techniques, edited by Frédéric Bau
• Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home, by Jeni Britton Bauer

Beverage

• An Ideal Wine: One Generation’s Pursuit of Perfection–and Profit–in California, by David Darlington
• Bitters: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-all, with Cocktails, Recipes, & Formulas, by Brad Thomas Parsons
• The Oxford Companion to Beer, edited by Garrett Oliver

Writing and Literature 

• Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef, by Gabrielle Hamilton
• Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, Love, and War, by Annia Ciezadlo
• Extra Virginity, by Tom Mueller

Cookbook winners will be announced May 4, along with the Cookbook of the Year. Winners in other categories, including best restaurants and chefs, will be announced May 7. To see nominees in all categories, click here.

 

Comments

[Tom Nissley on March 20, 2012 at 12:50 PM]

Can't let this go without noting that of course one of the Beverage nominees is none other than former Omni correspondent Brad Thomas Parsons (http://www.omnivoracious.com/brad_thomas_parsons.html)!

[Alex Carr on March 20, 2012 at 01:29 PM]

Such awesome news for Brad--and a well deserved nomination. I made a Vieux Carre from the recipe in "Bitters" the other weekend, and it was fantastic.

[Tom Nissley on March 20, 2012 at 02:31 PM]

Sorry, the link above didn't work. How's this: http://www.omnivoracious.com/brad_thomas_parsons.html

[Neal Thompson on March 21, 2012 at 01:06 PM]

Thanks, Tom and Alex, for the shout out to Brad. We'll be pulling for him when the James Beard winners are announced May 4.

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[Best Cheesecake in New york on June 19, 2012 at 07:33 PM]

Those are all delectable and fulfilling books to read and add to my ever growing tomes for culinary arts. I will try my luck on finding these.