Best Cookbooks
The International Association of Culinary Professional announced the winners of their annual Cookbook Awards on Friday night at their conference in New Orleans (I wonder if THEY get rubber chicken at the Awards Banquet?)
Since these titles were pubbed last year, you may have some on the shelves, making this a good opportunity for a display.
The Cookbook of the Year is an appropriate title for this time of environmental concern. It is also the winner in the Single Subject Category:
Fish Forever: The Definitive Guide to Understanding, Selecting, and Preparing Healthy, Delicious, and Environmentally Sustainable Seafood
Paul Johnson
- Hardcover: $34.95
- Publisher: Wiley (July 2, 2007)
- ISBN-10: 076458779X
- ISBN-13: 978-0764587795
Fish Forever is owned in 2/3 of the libraries I checked.
The only book in the other categories that is not owned (probably because, as a new edition, it was not reviewed prepub. Previous editions of this classic are owned widely) is the winner in the Wine, Beer or Spirits Category:
The World Atlas of Wine: Completely Revised and Updated, Sixth Edition
Hugh Johnson, Jancis Robinson
- Hardcover: $50.00
- Publisher: Mitchell Beazley, Distributed by Sterling (October 1, 2007)
- ISBN-10: 1845333012
- ISBN-13: 978-1845334147
The other winners are:
American Category
The Pastry Queen Christmas:
Big-hearted Holiday Entertaining, Texas Style
Rebecca Rather
- Hardcover: $32.50
- Publisher: Ten Speed Press (September 2007)
- ISBN-10: 1580087906
- ISBN-13: 978-158008790
Bread, Other Baking and Sweets Category
Local Breads: Sourdough and Whole-Grain Recipes from Europe’s Best Artisan Bakers
Daniel Leader and Lauren Chattman
- Hardcover: $35.00
- Publisher: W. W. Norton (August 13, 2007)
- ISBN-10: 0393050556
- ISBN-13: 978-039305055
Chefs and Restaurants & First Book: The Julia Child Award Categories
Morimoto: The New Art of Japanese Cooking
Masaharu Morimoto
- Hardcover: $40.00
- Publisher: DK Publishing (August 20, 2007)
- ISBN-10: 0756631238
- ISBN-13: 978-0756631239
Compilations Category
Chocolates and Confections: Formula, Theory, and Technique for the Artisan Confectioner
Peter P. Greweling
- Hardcover: $65.00
- Publisher: Wiley (March 6, 2007)
- ISBN-10: 0764588443
- ISBN-13: 978-0764588440
Food Photography and Styling Category
Good Spirits: Recipes, Revelations, Refreshments, and Romance, Shaken and Served with a Twist
A.J. Rathbun
- Hardcover: $29.95
- Publisher: Harvard Common Press (September 15, 2007)
- ISBN-10: 1558323368
- ISBN-13: 978-1558323360
Food Reference/Technical Category
Food: The History of Taste (California Studies in Food and Culture)
Paul Freedman
- Hardcover: $39.95
- Publisher: University of California Press; 1 edition (November 7, 2007)
- ISBN-10: 0520254767
- ISBN-13: 978-0520254763
General Category
Cook with Jamie: My Guide to Making You a Better Cook
Jamie Oliver
- Hardcover: $37.50
- Publisher: Hyperion (October 2, 2007)
- ISBN-10: 1401322336
- ISBN-13: 978-1401322335
Health and Special Diets Category
How to Cook Everything Vegetarian: Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food
Mark Bittman and Alan Witschonke
- Hardcover: 1008 pages
- Publisher: Wiley (October 15, 2007)
- ISBN-10: 0764524836
- ISBN-13: 978-0764524837
Literary Food Writing Category
Julia Child (Penguin Lives)
Laura Shapiro
- Hardcover: $19.95
- Publisher: Viking Adult (April 5, 2007)
- ISBN-10: 0670038393
- ISBN-13: 978-0670038398
Jane Grigson Category
To Cork or Not To Cork: Tradition, Romance, Science, and the Battle for the Wine Bottle
George M. Taber
- Hardcover: $26.00
- Publisher: Scribner (October 9, 2007)
- ISBN-10: 0743299345
- ISBN-13: 978-074329934
