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IACP 2010 Cookbook Award Finalists: Nomination Guide, Winners, and more

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Written by foodie pam   
Saturday, 24 April 2010

UPDATE: The winners of the 2010 IACP book awards were announced on April 22nd.  The winners for each category are highlighted below. In addition, the Cookbook of the Year award went to "Rose's Heavenly Cakes" by Rose Levy Beranbaum and the People's Choice Award went to "The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen" by Rebecca Katzs and Mat Edelson. Congratulations to all of the winners!

Wednesday, 03 March 2010

ImageThe International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) 2010 cookbook award finalists are out. The awards are broken into sixteen categories each listing three finalists.  Nearly 50 books is a lot to go through.  To help you figure out which books you might enjoy we've assembled the second annual Project Foodie guide to the IACP cookbook award finalists (see below). 

We've also got some great events planned between now and the April 22nd announcement of the IACP cookbook award winners. Join us as we celebrate IACP cookbook award season by checking out the finalists' guide, voting for your favorite nominated books, and reading our cookbook profiles for selected finalists...

The Project Foodie IACP 2010 Cookbook Nominations Guide (see below). Our IACP cookbook nominations guide is aimed at providing information about the nominees including helping you figure out which books you will enjoy.  The cookbook nominations guide includes the list of nominees along with links to reviews of the books from a variety of sources including top magazines, newspapers and bloggers. And for your cooking pleasure we've got some recipes for you to try from the nominated books!

Finalist cookbook profiles:  Starting on Monday, March 8th we'll be presenting profiles for nominated cookbooks including selections of recipes to try.

Now, sit back and check out the Project Foodie guide to the IACP nominations.  Once you have, be sure to vote for your favorites!

Did we miss a review? If you have links to more reviews on these books let us know ( This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ) and we'll add them to the list.

Project Foodie IACP 2010 Cookbook Nominations Guide

American | Baking: Savory or Sweet | Chefs and Restaurants | Children, Youth and Family | Compilations | Culinary History | First Book: The Julia Child Award | Food and Beverage Reference/Technical | Food Photography and Styling | General | Health and Special Diet | International | Literary Food Writing | Professional Kitchens | Single Subject | Wine, Beer or Spirits

American

WINNER

My New Orleans: The Cookbook

by John Besh, (Andrews McMeel, 2009)

Profile: I tend to paint cookbooks with a very broad stroke, splitting them into two basic types: those that simply provide recipes (more like recipe books than cookbooks) and those that draw you in and give you much more... read more

Reviews:  Sacramento Book Review | Louisiana Travel | LA Times | Boston Herald | Fine Cooking | New York Times | Saveur | Slashfood | Houston Chronicle | Eat Me Daily | In Mama's Kitchen | The Atlantic | New Orleans Food

Project Foodie Top General Cookbook Selection

Recipes: Viewable Recipes

DamGoodSweet

by David Guas and Raquel Pelzel (Taunton Press, 2009)

Profile: Since the devastation of Hurricane Katrina quite a few cookbooks have been devoted to the diverse and culturally rich cuisine of New Orleans, but none have paid homage to the sweet side of the Big Easy quite like David Gaus does - read more

Reviews: Project Foodie | New Orleans Food | Baking Bites | Slashfood | San Francisco Examiner | The Kitchn | Orangette | Cookbook of the Day

Recipes: Viewable Recipe

New American Table

by Marcus Samuelsson and Heidi Walters (John Wiley & Sons, 2009)

Profile: Sometimes it takes an outsider to see the beauty within.  In this case, the former outsider is Ethiopian born and Swedish raised Marcus Samuelsson and the beauty is regional American cooking.  In New American Table, Samuelsson shares... read more

Reviews: Slashfood | Eat Me Daily | LA Times | The Food Paper | Star Chefs.com | Village Voice | The Kitchn | LA Weekly | TribLive

Recipes: Viewable Recipes

 

Real Cajun

by Donald Link and Paula Disbrowe (Clarkson Potter, 2009)

Profile: Have you ever had Cajun food?  Not blackened fish from a restaurant that claims you're getting Cajun food, but authentic Cajun food. read more 

Reviews: Slashfood | New Orleans Cuisine | San Francisco Examiner | Kroll Travel | Food 52

Recipes: Viewable Recipes

Baking: Savory or Sweet

WINNER

Rose's Heavenly Cakes 

by Rose Levy Beranbaum (John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2009)

Profile: While I made cakes from scratch before getting my hands on this book, my cake baking has definitely been propelled forward knowing that Rose's clear instructions and guiding voice are only an arm's reach away... - read more

Rose's Blog on Creating the Book

Reviews: Project Foodie | The Gastronomer's Bookshelf | Publisher's Weekly Best of 2009 | Super Chef | LA Times

Project Foodie Top Baking Cookbook Selection

Recipes: Viewable Recipes

All Cakes Considered

by Melissa Gray (Chronicle Books, 2009)

Profile: Fans of National Public Radio are no doubt familiar with its weekday drive-time segment called All Things Considered. What may come as a surprise... read more

Reviews: NPR | Running With Books | Suite101.com

Recipes: Viewable Recipes

My Bread

by Jim Lahey and Rick Flaste (W.W. Norton, 2009)

Profile:  If you're like me and have had a bit of a love hate relationship with bread making then Jim Lahey's "My Bread' is definitely for you.  His innovative 'No-Knead'... - read more

Reviews: Project Foodie | Men's Journal | MSNBC Video | Martha Stewart Video | Macheesmo | The Kitchn | Macleans | Zester Daily | LA Weekly Serious Eats

Project Foodie Top Baking Cookbook Selection

Recipes: Viewable Recipes

Chefs and Restaurants

WINNER

Ad Hoc At Home

by Thomas Keller and Dave Cruz (Artisan Books, 2009)

Profile: You know who Thomas Keller is right? Of course you do, and if you’re like me you have come to terms with the fact that you might not make it to his read more

Reviews: Project Foodie | The Gastronomer's Bookshelf | Eat Me Daily | Food Gal | The Kitchn | The Food Paper | Michael Ruhlman | LA Times | Wall Street Journal | New Yorker

Project Foodie Top General Cookbook Selection

Recipes: Viewable Recipes

Bottega Favorita

by Frank Stitt (Artisan Books)

Profile: I have to be honest with you, when I think of great Italian cooking, Birmingham Alabama is not the first city that comes to mind.  But one thing I’ve learned  read more

Reviews: The Oregonian | The Global Gourmet | Serious Eats | Cookbook of the Day

Recipes: Viewable Recipes

How to Roast a Lamb

by Michael Psilakis (Little, Brown and Company, 2009)

Profile: Full disclosure here: I love this book because I'm Greek. That being said, even if I weren't I would still consider it one of the best Greek cookbooks to come out since... read more

Reviews: Project Foodie | Publisher's Weekly Best of 2009 | Super Chef | Montreal Gazette | Bookfoolery and Babble | Washington Post | SF Gate | The Atlantic | Gourmet | NPR

Recipes: Viewable Recipes

Children, Youth and Family

 
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WINNER

Williams-Sonoma Family Meals

by Maria Helm Sinskey (Oxmoor House, 2009)

Profile: This is the kind of cookbook that allows everyone in the family to be in the kitchen learning and creating together.  It's my favorite type of cookbook. read more

Reviews: KQED

Recipes: Viewable Recipes

Baking Kids Love

by Cindy Mushet and Sur La Table (Andrews McMeel, 2009)

Profile: Kid's change everything, even how we cook.  The result? These days I have just as many “Kids” cooking books in my collection as non-kid centric cookbooks. But, only a few of those books have the ability to stand out... - read more

Reviews: Wall Street Journal | Super Chef | Modesto Bee | ABC Video | Arizona Foothills Magazine | Orange County Register | Parent Magazine

Recipes: Viewable Recipes

Mad Hungry

by Lucinda Scala Quinn (Artisan Books, 2009)

Profile: Serving three squares a day can be a daunting task, especially when cooking for people who are typically ravenous, yet uninterested in wasting precious time at the table. read more

Reviews: Douglas Dispatch | The Oregonian | Detroit News

Recipes: Viewable Recipes

First Book: The Julia Child Award

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WINNER

The New Portuguese Table: Exciting Flavors From Europe's Western Coast

by David Leite (Clarkson Potter, 2009)

Profile: David Leite is a James Beard award winning author who was raised in one of the largest Portuguese communities in the US.  In 2004 he took his love of Portugal a step beyond merely exploring his heritage and became ... read more

Reviews: Project Foodie | Publisher's Weekly Best of 2009 | The Gastronomer's Bookshelf | The Kitchn | NJ | Three Dog Kitchen | Andrea's Recipes | Charlotte Observer

Recipes: Viewable Recipes

Seasonal Spanish Food

by Jose Pizarro (Kyle Cathie, 2009)

Profile: Seasonal Spanish Food combines London chef Jose Pizarro's love of his homeland's cuisine with the bounty of the seasons.  Throughout, Pizarro introduces new ways to combine ingredients to create Spanish flavors.. read more

Reviews: caterersearch | Matt Bites | Culinary Travels | Hello magazine | JS online

Recipes: Viewable Recipes

The Brazilian Table

by Yara Castro Roberts and Richard Roberts (Gibbs Smith, 2009)

Profile: Yara Castro Roberts is a native Brazilian chef that has taken on the seemingly impossible task of bringing Brazilian culture and cuisine to the rest of us. It's our luck that she was able to pull this off extremely well. read more

Reviews: The Gastronomer's Bookshelf | Sara Hohn | Delicious Brazil

Recipes: Viewable Recipes

Food Photography and Styling

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WINNER

Williams-Sonoma Cooking for Friends

by Alison Attenborough and Jamie Kimm, Photographer Petrina Tinslay, Stylists Alison Attenborough and Jamie Kimm (Oxmoor House, 2009)

Profile: When I first started collecting cookbooks I gravitated towards ones from the Williams-Sonoma collections; not just because I was an employee of the company at the time, but because the food featured in those books was what I wanted to see on my own dining room table. read more

Reviews: The Kitchn

Recipes: Viewable Recipes

Hot and Hot Fish Club: A Celebration of Food, Family & Tradition

by Chris Hastings and Idie Hastings, Stylist Chris Hastings (Running Press, 2009)

Profile: Gorgeous photos and a wonderful design abound in Hot and Hot Fish Club - just look at that fish popping out at you!  read more

Reviews: Wall Street Journal | Charleston City Paper | Pittsburgh Live | Cookbook of the Day

Recipes: Viewable Recipes

Restaurant Nicholas: The Cookbook

by Nicholas Harary and Peter Zuorick, Photographer Steve Legato, Stylist Chris Fenison (Pediment Publishing, 2009)

Review: ChefTalk | Cooking through Restaurant Nicholas Coobkook 

General

WINNER

Stephanie Alexander's Kitchen Garden Companion

by Stephanie Alexander (Penguin Group, 2009)

Reviews: Taste.com.au | Gastronomy Gal | The Gastronomer’s Bookshelf | Cuisine.co.nz Puke Ariki | Visit Vineyards

Get Cooking

by Mollie Katzen (HarperStudio, 2009)

Profile: For those who fondly remember the hand-written Mollie Katzen books of the past, Get Cooking, brings a whole new face to Mollie Katzen - and cooking for that matter.  read more

Reviews: Project Foodie | Free Lance-Star | Chicagoist | LA Times | KFSM

Recipes: Viewable Recipes

Williams-Sonoma Family Meals

by Maria Helm Sinskey (Oxmoor House, 2009)

Profile: This is the kind of cookbook that allows everyone in the family to be in the kitchen learning and creating together.  It's my favorite type of cookbook. read more

Reviews: KQED

Recipes: Viewable Recipes

Health and Special Diet

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WINNER

The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen: Nourishing, Big-Flavor Recipes for Cancer Treatment and Recovery

by Rebecca Katz and Mat Edelson (Celestial Arts, an imprint of Ten Speed Press, 2009)

Profile: As the title says, today's IACP nominated cookbook not only takes on a healthy lifestyle, but cancer itself. read more

Reviews: Food as Medicine | Search Heart Health | Belief Net 

Recipes: Viewable Recipes

Golden Door Cooks at Home: Favorite Recipes from the Celebrated Spa

by Dean Rucker and Marah Stets (Clarkson Potter, 2009)

Profile: Do we really have to choose between food that is delicious and food that is good for us? A lot of times it certainly seems that way, especially restaurant food with rich sauces and lots of butter, but good tasting food can be good for us.  Dean Rucker makes that obvious In Golden Door Cooks at Home... read more

Reviews: Global Gourmet | Family Fresh Cooking | Blisstree | San Francisco Examiner | Basil and Spice | Keys News

Recipes: Viewable Recipes

Lucid Food: Cooking for an Eco-Conscious Life

by Louisa Shafia (Ten Speed Press, 2009)

Profile: Chef and food writer Louisa Shafia's Lucid Food is a book that will make you want to be a better eater and one that will continue to inspire you every time you cook from it... read more

Reviews: Saveur | Tasting Table | Philadelphia City Paper | Cooking with Amy | Not Eating Out in New York | Sustainable Table Chester County DWell | Susty

Project Foodie Top Seasonal Cookbook Selection

Recipes: Viewable Recipes

International

WINNER

Mastering the Art of Chinese Cooking

by Eileen Yin-Fei Lo (Chronicle Books, 2009)

Profile: The title of Eileen Yin-Fei Lo's new book "Master the Art of Chinese Cooking" naturally makes one think of Julia Child's classic "Mastering the Art of French Cooking". read more

Reviews: Gourmet Cookbooks | Dallas News | Epicurious | North Jersey

Recipes: Viewable Recipes

Seven Fires: Grilling the Argentine Way

by Francis Mallmann and Peter Kaminsky (Artisan Books, 2009)

Profile: Of all the cookbooks out there that 'I want to have', Francis Mallman’s "Seven Fires: Grilling the Argentine Way" was definitely at the top of the list from the first moment I  read more

Reviews: Gastronomer’s Bookshelf | Eat Me Daily | Food 52 | Panache Privee | Food and Wine | Wall Street Journal | Michael Ruhlman | Serious Eats | New York Times

Recipes: Viewable Recipes

The Songs of Sapa

by Luke Nguyen (Murdoch Books, 2009)

Reviews: City Eating | Bare Ingredients | Eat Streets

Single Subject

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WINNER

Go Fish

by Al Brown (Random House, 2009)

Profile: Al Brown is one of New Zealand's best chefs and co-owner of Wellington's acclaimed restaurant, Logan Brown. Al also loves to go fishing... read more

Reviews: Poetry of Food | Whitireia Journalists | The Fishing Website | Foodie | So d’lish | Stuff

Recipes: Viewable Recipe

 

Asian Dumplings: Mastering Gyoza, Spring Rolls, Samosas, and More

by Andrea Nguyen (Ten Speed Press, 2009)

Profile: Dumplings are something I consider a treat, something to feast on when I get the opportunity. Andrea Nguyen offers an alternative - under her guidance we can make our own dumplings right in our own kitchens ... read more

Reviews: Matt Bites | Suite 101 | Michael Ruhlman | Tampa Bay Tribune | The Kitchn | MyNorthwest.com | San Francisco Examiner | Seattle Tall Poppy | Tasting Table | Seattle Magazine

Recipes: Viewable Recipes

Seven Fires: Grilling the Argentine Way

by Francis Mallmann and Peter Kaminsky (Artisan Books, 2009)

Profile: Of all the cookbooks out there that 'I want to have', Francis Mallman’s "Seven Fires: Grilling the Argentine Way" was definitely at the top of the list from the first moment I  read more 

Reviews: Gastronomer’s Bookshelf | Eat Me Daily | Food 52 | Panache Privee | Food and Wine | Wall Street Journal | Michael Ruhlman | Serious Eats | New York Times

Recipes: Viewable Recipes

Compilations

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WINNER

Gourmet Today

by Ruth Reichl (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009)

Profile: The "Magazine of Good Living" influenced multiple generations in the kitchen and had recently published their latest Gourmet cookbook... read more

Reviews: Project Foodie | Wall Street Journal | Stovetop Readings | LA Times | Houston Chronicle | Seattle Weekly

Project Foodie Top General Cookbook Selection

Recipes: Viewable Recipes

Cooking Light Way to Cook

by Editors of Cooking Light (Oxmoor House, 2009)

Reviews: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Jillian Frances | The Blone Mule | That’s Just Me 

Southern Living Comfort Food

by Editors of Southern Living (Oxmoor House, 2009)

Reviews: The Times-Picayune

Culinary History

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WINNER

Of Sugar and Snow: A History of Ice Cream Making

by Jeri Quinzio (University of California Press, 2009)

Reviews: bookforum.com | Ice Cream Journal

 

Chocolate: History, Culture and Heritage

by Louis Grivetti and Howard-Yana Shapiro (John Wiley & Sons, 2009)

Reviews: New York Times | Smithsonian | UC Davis | Candyaddict.com

From Demon to Darling: A Legal History of Wine in America

by Richard Mendelson (University of California Press, 2009)

Reviews: The Wine Economist | bookforum.com | Wines and Vines | The World of Fine Wine

Food and Beverage Reference/Technical

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WINNER

The Fundamental Techniques of Classic Pastry Arts

by The French Culinary Institute (Harry N. Abrams, 2009)

Profile: Weighing in at nearly 6 pounds, the Fundamental Techniques of Classic Pastry Arts is a large tome with 512 pages of goodness. read more

Reviews: Fabiana Santana | The French Culinary Institute

Recipes: Viewable Recipes

The Deluxe Food Lover's Companion

by Ron Herbst (Barron's Educational Series, 2009)

Reviews: Martha Stewart Show (video) | Kirkus Reviews | OChef

Why Italians Love to Talk about Food

by Elena Kostioukovitch (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009)

Reviews: LA Times | Simply Italy

Literary Food Writing

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WINNER

Waste

by Tristram Stuart (W.W. Norton, 2009)

Reviews: Financial Times | The Daily Telegraph | New Scientist | The Sunday Times

Appetite City: A Culinary History of New York

by William Grimes (North Point Press, 2009)

Reviews: New York Times | Harden’s | Omnivoracious | San Francisco Examiner

The Sweet Life in Paris

by David Lebovitz (Broadway Books, 2009)

Reviews: Simply Recipes | Boston Globe | The Atlantic | Dorie Greenspan | Super Chef | LA Times

Professional Kitchens

WINNER

Baking and Pastry: Mastering the Art and Craft 2nd Ed.

by The Culinary Institute of America (John Wiley & Sons, 2009)

Reviews: cheftalk

How to Bake Bread: The Five Families of Bread

by Michael Kalanty (Red Seal Books, 2009)

Reviews: Whats4Eats | San Francisco Chronicle

International Cuisine

by The International Culinary Schools at The Art Institutes (John Wiley & Sons, 2009)

Wine, Beer or Spirits

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WINNER

World Whiskey

by Charles Maclean (DK Publishing, 2009)

Reviews: Malt Advocate Magazine

The Finest Wines of Champagne: A Guide to the Best Cuvées, Houses, and Growers

by Michael Edwards, (University of California Press, 2009)

Reviews: LA Times | New York Times | Wine-pages.com

The King of Vodka

by Linda Himelstein (Harper, 2009)

Reviews: Wall Street Journal | USA Today | Business Week | San Francisco Chronicle | The Passionate Foodie | AOL Money & Finance

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Jennifer (Unregistered) 2010-03-04 09:44:48

You have the wrong Go Fish book pictured and linked. It should be this book http://poetryoffood.com/ravings/book/jennifer-mclagan/go-fish
Not sure if it is available in North America, but its a great book.
pam (Publisher) 2010-03-04 10:15:44

Thanks Jennifer - It's all corrected now and we've added a link to your description of the book. And by the way we so love Fat - hopefully you'll have another wonderful book out soon!
ChefMike (Unregistered) 2010-04-02 21:01:02

Thanks for pulling together the IACP list of finalists and links to helpful reviews. As one of the authors, I appreciate your making it easier for your readers to sort through a list of excellent new books. Mike Kalanty
pam (Publisher) 2010-04-03 15:21:12

Mike - As you can tell we love cookbooks and are glad to help celebrate the awards. Haven't had a chance to check out your book but look forward to doing so soon!
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