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IACP 2011 Cookbook Award Finalists: Nomination Guide

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Written by foodie pam   
Monday, 07 March 2011

Update - the winners have been announced...

ImageOur favorite season is here—Cookbook Award Season!

The International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) 2011 cookbook award finalists have been announced. The awards are broken into seventeen categories each listing three finalists.

To help you figure out which books you might enjoy we've assembled the third annual Project Foodie guide to the IACP cookbook award finalists (Interested in prior years? Check them out: 2010 and 2009). 

Our IACP Cookbook Awards Guide provides information about the nominees including links to reviews on the books and, for your cooking (and eating) pleasure, recipes to try from the books.

We'll continue to updated the guide from now until the IACP awards ceremony on Thursday, June 2nd. The updates will include more recipes to try, more reviews and a few surprises. And, of course, the winners after they are announced!

Now, sit back and check out the Project Foodie guide to the IACP nominations.

Project Foodie IACP 2011 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 Matters | Food Photography and Styling | Food and Beverage Reference/Technical | General | Health and Special Diet | International | Literary Food Writing | Professional Kitchens | Single Subject | Wine, Beer or Spirits

American

WINNER

The Lee Bros. Simple Fresh Southern by Matt Lee and Ted Lee, (Random House).

Reviews: Project Foodie | Charleston City Paper | Eat Me Daily | Orlando Sentinal | Boston Globe | Slashfood | The Dallas Morning News

Recipes to try: 5 viewable recipes from "Lee Bros. Simple Fresh Southern".

The Winemaker Cooks by Christine Hanna, (Chroncile Books).

Reviews: What’s Cooking | Chicago Examiner | OCinSite | San Francisco Examiner | ifood | News Blaze

Recipes to try: 3 viewable recipes from "The Winemaker Cooks: Menus, Parties, and Pairings".

Fried Chicken & Champagne: A Romp Through the Kitchen at Pomegranate Bistro by Lisa Dupar, (Southern Accents, Inc.).

Reviews: TheDigitelCharleston

Baking: Savory or Sweet

WINNER

Chewy Gooey Crispy Crunchy Melt-in-your-Mouth Cookies by Alice Medrich, (Artisan).

Reviews: Publishers Weekly | tablehopper | The Austin Chronicle | lettuce eat kale | Eating LA | Fine Cooking | Austin Chronicle | Mommy’s Memorandum | Project Foodie

Recipes to try: 3 viewable recipes from "Chewy Gooey Crispy Crunchy Melt-in-Your-Mouth Cookies".

Good to the Grain by Kim Boyce and Amy Scattergood, (Stewart, Tabori & Chang).

Reviews: kqed | ReadyMade | The Kitchn | The Hungry Engineer | OregonLive | Suite101 | Zester Daily | Seatle Weekly | Pittsburgh Tribune Review

Recipes to try: 5 viewable recipes from "Good to the Grain".

Bon Appetit Desserts: The Cookbook for All Things Sweet and Wonderful by Barbara Fairchild, (Andrews McMeel Publishing).

Reviews: In Mama’ Kitchen | Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel

Recipes to try: 3 viewable recipes from "Bon Appetit Desserts".

Chefs and Restaurants

WINNER

Flying Pans Two Chefs, One World by Bernard Guillas, Ron Oliver, (Cabin Fever Press).

Reviews: Food Channel | SD Jewish World | SD Entertainer

Recipes to try: 2 viewable recipes from "Flying Pans:Two Chefs, One World".

Michael Chiarello's Bottega by Michael Chiarello, (Chronicle Books).

Reviews: Inside Scoop SF | Examiner | Project Foodie | San Francisco Book Review | What's Cookin

Recipes to try: 5 viewable recipes from "Bottega".

Fiesta at Rick’s by Rick Bayless, Deann Bayless, (W.W. Norton and Co.).

Reviews: Serious Eats | Desert News | ABC News | The Daily

Recipes to try: 3 viewable recipes from "Fiesta at Rick’s".

Children, Youth and Family

WINNER

Sara Moulton's Everyday Family Dinners by Sara Moulton, (Simon & Schuster). Sara Moulton's Everyday Family Dinners by Sara Moulton, (Simon & Schuster).

Reviews: The Kitchn | Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel | Access Atlanta

Recipes to try: 2 viewable recipes from "Sara Moulton’s Everyday Family Dinners".

Italian Home Cooking by Julia Della Croce, (Kyle Books).

Reviews: The Chopping Block | Publishers Weekly | Project Foodie

Recipes to try: 2 viewable recipes from "Italian Home Cooking".

The Baby & Toddler Cookbook by Karen Ansel, Charity Ferreira, (Weldon Owen, Inc.).

Reviews: Publishers Weekly

Recipes to try: 2 viewable recipes from "The Baby & Toddler Cookbook".

First Book: The Julia Child Award

WINNER

Fried Chicken & Champagne: A Romp Through the Kitchen at Pomegranate Bistro by Lisa Dupar, (Southern Accents, Inc.).

Reviews: TheDigitelCharleston

Salted: A Manifesto on the World's Most Essential Mineral, with Recipes by Mark Bitterman, (Ten Speed Press).

Reviews: Salt News | Esquire | The Kitchn | Super Chef | Project Foodie

Recipes to try: 3 viewable recipes from "Salted".

Cooking with Italian Grandmothers: Recipes and Stories from Tuscany to Sicily by Jessica Theroux, (Welcome Books).

Reviews: The Kitchn | The Faster Times | sfgate | foodista

General

WINNER

Around My French Table: More Than 300 Recipes From My Home To Yours by Dorie Greenspan, (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt).

Reviews: New York Journal of Books | SF Gate | New York Times Magazine | Utah Daily Herald | Project Foodie

Recipes to try: 6 viewable recipes from "Around My French Table: More Than 300 Recipes From My Home to Yours".

The Country Cookbook by Belinda Jeffery, (Penguin Group (Australia)).

Reviews: Womens Nook | Albury Wodonga News Weekly | Weekly Times Now

Forgotten Skills of Cooking by Darina Allen, (Kyle Cathie Ltd.).

Reviews: slashfood | serious eats | fine cooking | New York Times

Recipes to try: 2 viewable recipes from "Forgotten Skills of Cooking".

Health and Special Diet

WINNER

Essentials of Nutrition for Chefs by Catharine Powers, Mary Abbott Hess, (Culinary Nutrition Publishing, LLC).

Reviews: Dallas Observer | Ellie Krieger's Blog

Food Matters Cookbook by Mark Bittman, (Simon & Schuster).

Reviews: How Chow | Civil Eats | New York Times | LA Weekly

Recipes to try: 2 viewable recipes from "Food Matters Cookbook".

Seriously Good! Gluten-Free Baking by Phil Vickery, (Kyle Cathie Ltd.).

Reviews: Kira Jones | Green Mums Blog | Books and Records.com

International

WINNER

The Country Cooking of Ireland by Coleman Andrews, (Chronicle Books).

Reviews: Project Foodie | The Wandering Cook | Cooking Peas and Qs | Chicago Tribune | Been There Tasted That | Star Tribune

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Recipes to try: 5 viewable recipes from "The Country Cooking of Ireland".

Stir-Frying to the Sky's Edge by Grace Young, (Simon & Schuster).

Reviews: Project Foodie | Washington Post | New York Times | Chicago Tribune | Oregon Live | Food Gal

Recipes to try: 2 viewable recipes from "Stir-Frying to the Sky’s Edge".

My Calabria by Rosetta Costantino and Janet Fletcher, (W.W. Norton and Co.). My Calabria by Rosetta Costantino and Janet Fletcher, (W.W. Norton and Co.).

Reviews: Bay Area Bites | the Daily Beast | My Bella Vita | Project Foodie

Recipes to try: 3 viewable recipes from "My Calabria".

Single Subject

WINNER

Meat: A Kitchen Education by James Peterson, (Ten Speed Press).

Reviews: Super Chef | Saveur | The Kitchn | Esquire | LA Weekly | Buffalo News

Recipes to try: 1 viewable recipe from "Meat: A Kitchen Education".

Chewy Gooey Crispy Crunchy Melt-in-your-Mouth Cookies by Alice Medrich, (Artisan).

Reviews: Publishers Weekly | tablehopper | The Austin Chronicle | lettuce eat kale | Eating LA | Fine Cooking | Austin Chronicle | Mommy’s Memorandum | Project Foodie

Recipes to try: 3 viewable recipes from "Chewy Gooey Crispy Crunchy Melt-in-Your-Mouth Cookies".

Salades by Damien Pignolet, (Penguin Group (Australia)).

Reviews: Australian Women Online | Visit Vinyards | Food Geek Down Under

Food Matters

CO-WINNER

American Wasteland by Jonathan Bloom, (Da Capo Press).

Reviews: The Kitchn | Seattle Times | Huffington Post | serious eats

CO-WINNER

Good Meat by Deborah Krasner, (Stewart, Tabori & Chang).

Reviews: Project Foodie | examiner | la weekly

Recipes to try: 1 viewable recipe from "Good Meat".

What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets by Peter Menzel, Faith D'Aluisio, (Material World/Ten Speed Press).

Reviews: npr | washington post | the village voice | the telegraph | houghington post | la weekly | la times

The Wild Table by Connie Green, Sarah P. Scott, (Avery Books).

Reviews: Sacramento Book Reviw | USA Today | Food & Wine

Recipes to try: 2 viewable recipes from "The Wild Table".

Food Photography and Styling

WINNER

Noma: Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine by Rene Redzepi, photography by Ditte Isager, (Phaidon Press).

Reviews: The Kitchn | The Gaurdian | Saveur | Boston Globe | Houston Chronicle | eater

Around My French Table: More Than 300 Recipes From My Home To Yours by Dorie Greenspan, photograpy by Alan Richardson, stylist Karen Tack (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt).

Reviews: New York Journal of Books | SF Gate | New York Times Magazine | Utah Daily Herald | Project Foodie

Recipes to try: 6 viewable recipes from "Around My French Table: More Than 300 Recipes From My Home to Yours".

Flying Pans Two Chefs, One World by Bernard Guillas, Ron Oliver, photography by Gregory Bertolini, stylists Cindy Epstein, Bernard Guillas, Ron Oliver (Cabin Fever Press).

Reviews: Food Channel | SD Jewish World | SD Entertainer

Recipes to try: 2 viewable recipes from "Flying Pans:Two Chefs, One World".

Compilations

WINNER

The Essential New York Times Cookbook by Amanda Hesser, (W.W. Norton and Co.).

Reviews: LA Weekly | serious eats | Publishers Weekly | epicurious | Project Foodie

Recipes to try: 6 viewable recipes from "The Essential New York Times Cookbook".

Southern Living 1,001 Ways to Cook Southern by Editors of Southern Living, (Oxmoor House).

Reviews: The Kitchn | Texas Monthly | Portland Press Herald

The Southern Foodways Alliance Community Cookbook by Sara Roahen, John T. Edge, (University of Georgia Press).

Reviews: eater | Access Atlanta | Atlanta Magazine | Commercial Appeal

Recipes to try: 2 viewable recipes from "The Southern Foodways Alliance Community Cookbook".

Culinary History

WINNER

Culinary Ephemera: An Illustrated History by William Woys Weaver, (Univerisyt of California Press).

Reviews: San Francisco Book Review | Critics Magazine | Main Line Today

97 Orchard by Jane Ziegelman, (Smithsonian/Harper Collins).

Reviews: New York Times | Christian Science Monitor | Kate Cooks the Books | Story Circle Book Reviews | USA Today | Boston Globe

Chanterelle Dreams, Amanita Nightmares: The Love, Lore, and Mystique of Mushrooms by Greg Marley, (Chelsea Green Publishing).

Reviews: Civil eats

Food and Beverage Reference/Technical

WINNER

Food Styling: The Art of Preparing Food for the Camera by Delores Custer, (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.).

Reviews: Charlotte Observer | Food Management | Matt Bites | LA Weekly

Salted: A Manifesto on the World's Most Essential Mineral, with Recipes by Mark Bitterman, (Ten Speed Press).

Reviews: Salt News | Esquire | The Kitchn | Super Chef | Project Foodie

Recipes to try: 3 viewable recipes from "Salted".

Mastering Cheese by Max McCalman, David Gibbons, (Random House, Inc.).

Reviews: Artisanal Cheese | It's Not You, it's Brie | Creative Loafing | Slash Food | Washington Post

Literary Food Writing

WINNER

As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child & Avis DeVoto by Joan Reardon, (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt).

Reviews: New York Times | Los Angeles Times | Dallas News | David Lebovitz's Blog | Wall Street Journal

A Food Lover's Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela by Dee Nolan, (Penguin Group (Australia)Dee Nolan).

Reviews: Melbourne Weekly

Boozehound: On the Trail of the Rare, the Obscure, and the Overrated in Spirits by Jason Wilson, (Ten Speed Press).

Reviews: Werd | That's The Spirit | A.V. Club | Tasting Table

Professional Kitchens

WINNER

Wedding Cake Art and Design: A Professional Approach by Toba Garrett, (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.).

Reviews: Piece of Cake Decorating

Essentials of Nutrition for Chefs by Jane Grant Tougas, (Culinary Nutrition Publishing, LLC).

Reviews: Dallas Observer | Ellie Krieger's Blog

Bromberg Bros. Blue Ribbon Cookbook by Bruce Bromberg, Eric Bromberg, (Randon House, Inc.).

Reviews: Serious Eats | Esquire | New York Journal of Books | Saveur

Recipes to try: 2 viewable recipes from "Bromberg Bros. Blue Ribbon Cookbook".

Wine, Beer or Spirits

WINNER

Asian Palate by Jeannie Cho Lee, (Asset Publishing and Research, Ltd.).

Reviews: Asian Correspondent | Financial Times | Bordeaux Undiscovered

Taste Buds and Molecules by Francois Chartier, (McClelland & Stewart).

Reviews: Hour.ca | Quill & Quire | Billy's Best Bottles Wine Blog | Molecular Gastronomy Network

Exploring Wine: The Culinary Institute of America's Guide to Wines of the World, Third Edition by Steven Kolpan, Michael Weiss, The Culinary Institute of America, (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.).

Reviews: Drink: A beer, wine and spirits blog

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