20 May The 2023 James Beard Awards
Last Wednesday, the finalists for the James Beard Awards were announced. While they are best known for celebrating restaurants and chefs, there are also several categories for cookbooks and other non-fiction food or beverage-related books. You can find them listed below, with links to their entries in the Evergreen Indiana catalog. The winners will be announced at the Media Awards ceremony on Saturday, June 3.
Baking and Desserts
- New European Baking: 99 Recipes for Breads, Brioches and Pastries by Laurel Kratochvila
- Tava: Eastern European Baking and Desserts from Romania & Beyond by Irina Georgescu
- What’s for Dessert: Simple Recipes for Dessert People: A Baking Book by Claire Saffitz
Beverage with Recipes
- The Bartender’s Manifesto: How to Think, Drink, and Create Cocktails Like a Pro by Toby Maloney and Emma Janzen
- Cure: New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix ‘Em from the Award-Winning Bar by Neal Bodenheimer and Emily Timberlake
- Wild Brews: The Craft of Home Brewing, from Sour and Fruit Beers to Farmhouse Ales by Jaega Wise
Beverage without Recipes
- Drinking with the Valkyries: Writings on Wine by Andrew Jefford
- Exploring the World of Japanese Craft Sake: Rice, Water, Earth by Nancy Matsumoto and Michael Tremblay
- To Fall in Love, Drink This: A Wine Writer’s Memoir by Alice Feiring
Bread
- Breadsong: How Baking Changed Our Lives by Kitty Tait and Al Tait
- The Miller’s Daughter: Unusual Flours & Heritage Grains: Stories and Recipes from Hayden Flour Mills by Emma Zimmerman
- The Perfect Loaf: The Craft and Science of Sourdough Breads, Sweets, and More: A Baking Book by Maurizio Leo
Food Issues and Advocacy
- Eating While Black: Food Shaming and Race in America by Psyche A. Williams-Forson
- Gastronativism: Food, Identity, Politics by Fabio Parasecoli
- Retail Inequality: Reframing the Food Desert Debate by Kenneth H. Kolb
General
- The Cook You Want to Be: Everyday Recipes to Impress by Andy Baraghani
- I Dream of Dinner (so you don’t have to): Low-Effort, High-Reward Recipes: A Cookbook by Ali Slagle
- Sunday Best: Cooking Up the Weekend Spirit Every Day: A Cookbook by Adrienne Cheatham with Sarah Zorn
International
- Masala: Recipes from India, the Land of Spices by Anita Jaisinghani
- Mezcla: Recipes to Excite by Ixta Belfrage
- Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico: A Cookbook by Rick Martínez
Literary Writing
- California Soul: An American Epic of Cooking and Survival by Keith Corbin with Kevin Alexander
- Savor: A Chef’s Hunger for More by Fatima Ali with Tarajia Morrell
- To Boldly Grow: Finding Joy, Adventure, and Dinner in Your Own Backyard by Tamar Haspel
Reference, History, and Scholarship
- A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community by Natalia Molina
- Slaves for Peanuts: A Story of Conquest, Liberation, and a Crop That Changed History by Jori Lewis
- What a Mushroom Lives For: Matsutake and the Worlds They Make by Michael J. Hathaway
Restaurant and Professional
- Bludso’s BBQ Cookbook: A Family Affair in Smoke and Soul by Kevin Bludso with Noah Galuten
- Please Wait To Be Tasted: The Lil’ Deb’s Oasis Cookbook by Carla Perez-Gallardo, Hannah Black, and Wheeler with Meshell Ndegeocello
- Turkey and the Wolf: Flavor Trippin’ in New Orleans by Mason Hereford and JJ Goode
Single Subject
- Masa: Techniques, Recipes, and Reflections on a Timeless Staple by Jorge Gaviria
- The Miracle of Salt: Recipes and Techniques to Preserve, Ferment, and Transform Your Food by Naomi Duguid
- The Wok: Recipes and Techniques by J. Kenji López-Alt
U.S. Foodways
- Gullah Geechee Home Cooking: Recipes from the Matriarch of Edisto Island by Emily Meggett with Kayla Stewart and Trelani Michelle
- I Am From Here: Stories and Recipes from a Southern Chef by Vishwesh Bhatt
- The Woks of Life: Recipes to Know and Love from a Chinese American Family: A Cookbook by Bill Leung, Kaitlin Leung, Judy Leung, and Sarah Leung
Vegetable-Focused Cooking
