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It does not seem like the James Beard Media Award winners and nominees are in one centralized place, let alone organized by year or category. LLMs have made this type of data collation more palatable so here they are.

Cookbook of the Year

Year	Book Title	Author
2010	The Country Cooking of Ireland	Colman Andrews
2011	Oaxaca al Gusto	Diana Kennedy
2012	Modernist Cuisine	Nathan Myhrvold
2013	Gran Cocina Latina: The Food of Latin America	Maricel E. Presilla
2014	Historic Heston	Heston Blumenthal
2015	Yucatán	David Sterling
2016	Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking	Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook
2017	Victuals: An Appalachian Journey, with Recipes	Ronni Lundy
2018	The Cooking Gene	Michael W. Twitty
2019	Cocktail Codex	Alex Day, Nick Fauchald, and David Kaplan, with Devon Tarby
2020	The Whole Fish Cookbook: New Ways to Cook, Eat and Think	Josh Niland
2022	The Zuni Café Cookbook: A Compendium of Recipes and Cooking Lessons from San Francisco's Beloved Restaurant	Judy Rogers

American Cooking / U.S. Foodways

Books with recipes focused on the cooking or foodways of regions or communities in the United States.

Year	Book Title	Author
2010	Real Cajun	Donald Link with Paula Disbrowe
	My New Orleans	John Besh
	The Lee Bros. Simple Fresh Southern: Knockout Dishes with Down-Home Flavor	Matt Lee, Ted Lee
2011	Pig: King of the Southern Table	James Villas
	The Food, Folklore, and Art of Lowcountry Cooking	Joseph E. Dabney
	The Frankies Spuntino Kitchen Companion & Cooking Manual	Frank Castronovo, Frank Falcinelli, and Peter Meehan
2012	A New Turn in the South: Southern Flavors Reinvented for Your Kitchen	Hugh Acheson
	American Flavor	Andrew Carmellini and Gwen Hyman
	Masala Farm: Stories and Recipes from an Uncommon Life in the Country	Suvir Saran with Raquel Pelzel and Charlie Burd
2013	Mastering the Art of Southern Cooking	Nathalie Dupree and Cynthia Graubart
	Fire in My Belly	Kevin Gillespie and David Joachim
	Southern Comfort: A New Take on the Recipes We Grew Up With	Allison Vines-Rushing and Slade Rushing
2014	The New Midwestern Table: 200 Heartland Recipes	Amy Thielen
	I Love New York: Ingredients and Recipes	Daniel Humm and Will Guidara
	Pickles, Pigs & Whiskey: Recipes from My Three Favorite Food Groups and Then Some	John Currence
2015	Heritage	Sean Brock
	The New England Kitchen: Fresh Takes on Seasonal Recipes	Erin Byers Murray and Jeremy Sewall
	Texas on the Table: People, Places, and Recipes Celebrating the Flavors of the Lone Star State	Terry Thompson-Anderson
2016	The Beetlebung Farm Cookbook	Chris Fischer with Catherine Young
	Heartlandia: Heritage Recipes from Portland's The Country Cat	Adam and Jackie Sappington with Ashley Gartland
	The Southerner's Cookbook	David DiBenedetto with Phillip Rhodes and the Editors of Garden & Gun
2017	Victuals: An Appalachian Journey, with Recipes	Ronni Lundy
	Deep Run Roots: Stories and Recipes from My Corner of the South	Vivian Howard
	My Two Souths: Blending the Flavors of India into a Southern Kitchen	Asha Gomez and Martha Hall Foose
2018	The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen	Sean Sherman with Beth Dooley
	Homegrown: Cooking from My New England Roots	Matt Jennings
	The Lost Kitchen	Erin French
2019	Between Harlem and Heaven: Afro-Asian-American Cooking for Big Nights, Weeknights, and Every Day	JJ Johnson and Alexander Smalls with Veronica Chambers
	A Common Table: 80 Recipes and Stories from My Shared Cultures	Cynthia Chen McTernan
	Sweet Home Café Cookbook: A Celebration of African American Cooking	Albert G. Lukas and Jessica B. Harris with Jerome Grant
2020	Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking	Toni Tipton-Martin
	Cook Like a Local: Flavors That Can Change How You Cook and See the World	Chris Shepherd and Kaitlyn Goalen
	South: Essential Recipes and New Explorations	Sean Brock
2022	Mosquito Supper Club: Cajun Recipes from a Disappearing Bayou	Melissa M. Martin
	Black Food: Stories, Art, and Recipes from Across the African Diaspora	Bryant Terry
	The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food	Marcus Samuelsson with Osayi Endolyn
2023	I Am From Here: Stories and Recipes from a Southern Chef	Vishwesh Bhatt
	Gullah Geechee Home Cooking: Recipes from the Matriarch of Edisto Island	Emily Meggett with Kayla Stewart and Trelani Michelle
	The Woks of Life: Recipes to Know and Love from a Chinese American Family: A Cookbook	Bill Leung, Kaitlin Leung, Judy Leung, and Sarah Leung

Baking and Dessert

Books with recipes focused on the art and craft of baking pastries and desserts, both sweet and savory items, including ingredients, techniques, equipment, and traditions.

Year	Book Title	Author
2010	Baking	James Peterson
	DamGoodSweet: Desserts to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth, New Orleans Style	David Guas, Raquel Pelzel
	Peter Reinhart's Artisan Breads Every Day	Peter Reinhart
2011	Good to the Grain: Baking with Whole-Grain Flours	Kim Boyce
	My Sweet Mexico: Recipes for Authentic Pastries, Breads, Candies, Beverages, and Frozen Treats	Fany Gerson
	Sarabeth’s Bakery: From My Hands to Yours	Sarabeth Levine
2012	Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home	Jeni Britton Bauer
	Baking Style: Art, Craft, Recipes	Lisa Yockelson
	Cooking with Chocolate: Essential Recipes and Techniques	Frédéric Bau
2013	Flour Water Salt Yeast: The Fundamentals of Artisan Bread and Pizza	Ken Forkish
	Bouchon Bakery	Thomas Keller and Sebastien Rouxel
	The Dahlia Bakery Cookbook: Sweetness in Seattle	Tom Douglas and Shelley Lance
2014	The Art of French Pastry	Jacquy Pfeiffer with Martha Rose Shulman
	Sweet	Valerie Gordon
	Tartine Book No. 3: Modern Ancient Classic Whole	Chad Robertson
2015	Flavor Flours: A New Way to Bake with Teff, Buckwheat, Sorghum, Other Whole & Ancient Grains, Nuts & Non-Wheat Flours	Alice Medrich
	Baking Chez Moi: Recipes from My Paris Home to Your Home Anywhere	Dorie Greenspan
	Della Fattoria Bread: 63 Foolproof Recipes for Yeasted, Enriched & Naturally Leavened Breads	Kathleen Weber
2016	Sourdough: Recipes for Rustic Fermented Breads, Sweets, Savories, and More	Sarah Owens
	The Everyday Baker: Recipes and Techniques for Foolproof Baking	Abigail Johnson Dodge
	The New Sugar & Spice: A Recipe for Bolder Baking	Samantha Seneviratne
2017	Dorie’s Cookies	Dorie Greenspan
	Art of the Pie: A Practical Guide to Homemade Crusts, Fillings, and Life	Kate McDermott
	Breaking Breads: A New World of Israeli Baking	Uri Scheft and Raquel Pelzel
2018	BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts	Stella Parks
	Sweet	Yotam Ottolenghi and Helen Goh
	The Sweet Spot: Dialing Back Sugar and Amping Up Flavor	Bill Yosses and Peter Kaminsky
2019	SUQAR: Desserts & Sweets from the Modern Middle East	Greg Malouf and Lucy Malouf
	Black Girl Baking: Wholesome Recipes Inspired by a Soulful Upbringing	Jerrelle Guy
	Pie Squared: Irresistibly Easy Sweet & Savory Slab Pies	Cathy Barrow
2020	Living Bread: Tradition and Innovation in Artisan Bread Making	Daniel Leader and Lauren Chattman
	Dappled: Baking Recipes for Fruit Lovers	Nicole Rucker
	Pastry Love: A Baker's Journal of Favorite Recipes	Joanne Chang
2022	Mooncakes and Milk Bread: Sweet and Savory Recipes Inspired by Chinese Bakeries	Kristina Cho
	Cheryl Day's Treasury of Southern Baking	Cheryl Day
	Mother Grains: Recipes for the Grain Revolution	Roxana Jullapat
2023	Tava: Eastern European Baking and Desserts from Romania & Beyond	Irina Georgescu
	New European Baking: 99 Recipes for Breads, Brioches and Pastries	Laurel Kratochvila
	What's for Dessert: Simple Recipes for Dessert People: A Baking Book	Claire Saffitz

Beverage

Combined with and without recipes

Year	Book Title	Author
2010	Been Doon So Long: A Randall Grahm Vinthology	Randall Grahm
	The King of Vodka: The Story of Pyotr Smirnov and the Upheaval of an Empire	Linda Himelstein
	World Whisky	Charles Maclean
2011	Secrets of the Sommeliers: How to Think and Drink Like the World’s Top Wine Professionals	Jordan Mackay and Rajat Parr
	Opus Vino	DK Publishing
	Reading Between the Wines	Terry Theise
2012	Bitters: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All, with Cocktails, Recipes, & Formulas	Brad Thomas Parsons
	An Ideal Wine: One Generation’s Pursuit of Perfection–and Profit–in California	David Darlington
	The Oxford Companion to Beer	Garrett Oliver
2013	Wine Grapes: A Complete Guide to 1,368 Vine Varieties, Including Their Origins and Flavours	Julia Harding, Jancis Robinson, and José Vouillamoz
	How to Love Wine: A Memoir and Manifesto	Eric Asimov
	Inventing Wine: A New History of One of the World’s Most Ancient Pleasures	Paul Lukacs
2014	The Cocktail Lab: Unraveling the Mysteries of Flavor and Aroma in Drink, with Recipes	Tony Conigliaro
	The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World’s Great Drinks	Amy Stewart
	The New California Wine: A Guide to the Producers and Wines Behind a Revolution in Taste	Jon Bonne
2015	Liquid Intelligence: The Art and Science of the Perfect Cocktail	Dave Arnold
	Death & Co: Modern Classic Cocktails	Alex Day, Nick Fauchald, and David Kaplan
	Sherry: A Modern Guide to the Wine World's Best-Kept Secret, with Cocktails and Recipes	Talia Baiocchi
2016	The Oxford Companion to Wine	Jancis Robinson and Julia Harding
	American Wine: A Coming-of-Age Story	Tom Acitelli
	Lost Recipes of Prohibition: Notes from a Bootlegger’s Manual	Matthew Rowley
2017	Smuggler’s Cove: Exotic Cocktails, Rum, and the Cult of Tiki	Martin Cate with Rebecca Cate
	Spritz: Italy's Most Iconic Aperitivo Cocktail, with Recipes	Talia Baiocchi and Leslie Pariseau
	The Waldorf Astoria Bar Book	Frank Caiafa
2018	Meehan's Bartender Manual	Jim Meehan
	3-Ingredient Cocktails	Robert Simonson
	Mezcal: The History, Craft & Cocktails of the World’s Ultimate Artisanal Spirit	Emma Janzen
2019	Wine Folly: Magnum Edition	Madeline Puckette and Justin Hammack
	Apéritif: Cocktail Hour the French Way	Rebekah Peppler
	The Aviary Cocktail Book	Grant Achatz, Nick Kokonas, Micah Melton, Allen Hemberger, and Sarah Hemberger
	Cocktail Codex	Alex Day, Nick Fauchald, and David Kaplan, with Devon Tarby
2020	The NoMad Cocktail Book	Leo Robitschek
	Last Call: Bartenders on Their Final Drink and the Wisdom and Rituals of Closing Time	Brad Thomas Parsons
	The Martini Cocktail: A Meditation on the World's Greatest Drink, with Recipes	Robert Simonson
2020	World Atlas of Wine 8th Edition	Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson
	The Complete Guide to Japanese Drinks: Sake, Shochu, Japanese Whisky, Beer, Wine, Cocktails and Other Beverages	Stephen Lyman and Chris Bunting
	Red & White: An Unquenchable Thirst for Wine	Oz Clarke
2022	The Way of the Cocktail: Japanese Traditions, Techniques, and Recipes	Julia Momosé with Emma Janzen
	Death & Co Welcome Home: A Cocktail Recipe Book	Alex Day, Nick Fauchald, and David Kaplan with Devon Tarby and Tyson Buhler
	The Japanese Art of the Cocktail	Masahiro Urushido and Michael Anstendig
2022	Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol	Mallory O'Meara
	Foot Trodden: Portugal and the Wines that Time Forgot	Simon J. Woolf and Ryan Opaz
	The Noble Rot Book: Wine from Another Galaxy	Dan Keeling and Mark Andrew
2023	The Bartender's Manifesto: How to Think, Drink, and Create Cocktails Like a Pro	Toby Maloney and Emma Janzen
	Cure: New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix 'Em from the Award-Winning Bar	Neal Bodenheimer and Emily Timberlake
	Wild Brews: The Craft of Home Brewing, from Sour and Fruit Beers to Farmhouse Ales	Jaega Wise
2023	Exploring the World of Japanese Craft Sake: Rice, Water, Earth	Nancy Matsumoto and Michael Tremblay
	Drinking with the Valkyries: Writings on Wine	Andrew Jefford
	To Fall in Love, Drink This: A Wine Writer’s Memoir	Alice Feiring

Bread

Books with recipes focused on the art and craft of making bread, including ingredients, techniques, equipment, and traditions.

Year	Book Title	Author
2023	The Perfect Loaf: The Craft and Science of Sourdough Breads, Sweets, and More: A Baking Book	Maurizio Leo
	Breadsong: How Baking Changed Our Lives	Kitty Tait and Al Tait
	The Miller's Daughter: Unusual Flours & Heritage Grains: Stories and Recipes from Hayden Flour Mills	Emma Zimmerman

Restaurant / Professional

Books written by a culinary professional or restaurant chef with recipes that may include advanced cooking techniques, or the use of specialty ingredients and professional equipment, including culinary arts textbooks.

Year	Book Title	Author
2010	Araxi: Seasonal Recipes from the Celebrated Whistler Restaurant	James Walt
	Momofuku	David Chang, Peter Meehan
	The Fundamental Techniques of Classic Pastry Arts	The French Culinary Institute with Judith Choate
2011	Noma: Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine	René Redzepi
	Michael Chiarello’s Bottega	Michael Chiarello
	The Modern Café	Francisco J. Migoya and The Culinary Institute of America
2012	Modernist Cuisine	Nathan Myhrvold with Chris Young and Maxime Bilet
	The Art of Living According to Joe Beef: A Cookbook of Sorts	Meredith Erickson, David McMillan, and Frédéric Morin
	Eleven Madison Park: The Cookbook	Daniel Humm and Will Guidara
2013	Toqué! Creators of a New Quebec Gastronomy	Normand Laprise
	Come In, We’re Closed: An Invitation to Staff Meals at the World’s Best Restaurants	Christine Carroll and Jody Eddy
	The Fundamental Techniques of Classic Italian Cuisine	The International Culinary Center, Cesare Casella, and Stephanie Lyness
2014	Historic Heston	Heston Blumenthal
	Manresa: An Edible Reflection	David Kinch with Christine Muhlke
	René Redzepi: A Work in Progress	René Redzepi
2015	Bar Tartine: Techniques & Recipes	Nicolaus Balla and Cortney Burns
	Never Trust a Skinny Italian Chef	Massimo Bottura
	Relæ: A Book of Ideas	Christian F. Puglisi
2016	NOPI: The Cookbook	Yotam Ottolenghi and Ramael Scully
	Gjelina: Cooking from Venice, California	Travis Lett
	This Is Camino	Russell Moore and Allison Hopelain
2017	Classic Koffmann	Pierre Koffmann
	Central	Virgilio Martínez with Nicholas Gill
	Lickerland: Asian-Accented Desserts by Jason Licker	Jason Licker
2018	Modernist Bread	Nathan Myhrvold and Francisco Migoya
	On Vegetables: Modern Recipes for the Home Kitchen	Jeremy Fox and Noah Galuten
	State Bird Provisions	Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski, with JJ Goode
2019	Chicken and Charcoal: Yakitori, Yardbird, Hong Kong	Matt Abergel
	From the Earth: World’s Great, Rare and Almost Forgotten Vegetables	Peter Gilmore
	Rich Table	Evan Rich and Sarah Rich
2020	The Whole Fish Cookbook: New Ways to Cook, Eat and Think	Josh Niland
	Dishoom: From Bombay with Love	Shamil Thakrar, Kavi Thakrar, and Naved Nasir
	Eleven Madison Park: The Next Chapter, Revised and Unlimited Edition	Daniel Humm
2022	Mister Jiu's in Chinatown: Recipes and Stories from the Birthplace of Chinese American Food	Brandon Jew and Tienlon Ho
	Modernist Pizza	Nathan Myhrvold and Francisco Migoya
	Pasta: The Spirit and Craft of Italy's Greatest Food, with Recipes	Missy Robbins and Talia Baiocchi
2023	Bludso's BBQ Cookbook: A Family Affair in Smoke and Soul	Kevin Bludso with Noah Galuten
	Please Wait To Be Tasted: The Lil' Deb's Oasis Cookbook	Halo Perez-Gallardo, Hannah Black, and Wheeler with Meshell Ndegeocello
	Turkey and the Wolf: Flavor Trippin' in New Orleans	Mason Hereford and JJ Goode

Food Issues and Advocacy

Books that include investigative journalism, food policy, deep dives, and critical analysis of the changing social landscape.

Year	Book Title	Author
2023	Eating While Black: Food Shaming and Race in America	Psyche A. Williams-Forson
	Gastronativism: Food, Identity, Politics	Fabio Parasecoli
	Retail Inequality: Reframing the Food Desert Debate	Kenneth H. Kolb

General Cooking

Books with recipes that address a broad scope of cooking, not just a single topic, technique, or region.

Year	Book Title	Author
2010	Ad Hoc at Home	Thomas Keller
	Salt to Taste: The Keys to Confident, Delicious Cooking	Marco Canora with Catherine Young
	The Pleasures of Cooking for One	Judith Jones
2011	The Essential New York Times Cook Book: Classic Recipes for a New Century	Amanda Hesser
	Heart of the Artichoke and Other Kitchen Journeys	David Tanis
	Radically Simple: Brilliant Flavors with Breathtaking Ease	Rozanne Gold
2012	Ruhlman’s Twenty	Michael Ruhlman
	My Family Table: A Passionate Plea for Home Cooking	John Besh
	The Splendid Table’s How to Eat Weekends	Lynne Rossetto Kasper and Sally Swift
2013	Canal House Cooks Every Day	Melissa Hamilton and Christopher Hirsheimer
	Modernist Cuisine at Home	Nathan Myhrvold and Maxime Bilet
	What Katie Ate: Recipes and Other Bits & Pieces	Katie Quinn Davies
2014	Smoke: New Firewood Cooking	Tim Byres
	One Good Dish	David Tanis
	Try This at Home: Recipes from My Head to Your Plate	Richard Blais
2015	The Kitchn Cookbook: Recipes, Kitchens & Tips to Inspire Your Cooking	Faith Durand and Sara Kate Gillingham
	Marcus Off Duty: The Recipes I Cook at Home	Marcus Samuelsson with Roy Finamore
	Saveur: The New Classics Cookbook	The Editors of Saveur
2016	The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science	J. Kenji López-Alt
	Mark Bittman’s Kitchen Matrix	Mark Bittman
	Slow Fires: Mastering New Ways to Braise	Jusin Smillie
2017	Eat in My Kitchen: To Cook, to Bake, to Eat, and to Treat	Meike Peters
	Cooking for Jeffrey: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook	Ina Garten
	Cook’s Science: How to Unlock Flavor in 50 of Our Favorite Ingredients	The Editors at Cook’s Illustrated
2018	Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat	Samin Nosrat
	Christopher Kimball's Milk Street: The New Home Cooking	Christopher Kimball
	Dinner: Changing the Game	Melissa Clark
2019	Milk Street: Tuesday Nights	Christopher Kimball
	Everyday Dorie	Dorie Greenspan
	Ottolenghi Simple	Yotam Ottolenghi
2020	Where Cooking Begins: Uncomplicated Recipes to Make You a Great Cook	Carla Lalli Music
	All About Dinner: Simple Meals, Expert Advice	Molly Stevens
	Milk Street: The New Rules: Recipes That Will Change the Way You Cook	Christopher Kimball
2022	Everyone's Table: Global Recipes for Modern Health	Gregory Gourdet with JJ Goode
	Cook, Eat, Repeat: Ingredients, Recipes, and Stories	Nigella Lawson
	Cooking at Home: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Recipes (And Love My Microwave)	David Chang and Priya Krishna
2023	The Cook You Want to Be: Everyday Recipes to Impress	Andy Baraghani
	I Dream of Dinner (so you don't have to): Low-Effort, High-Reward Recipes: A Cookbook	Ali Slagle
	Sunday Best: Cooking Up the Weekend Spirit Every Day: A Cookbook	Adrienne Cheatham with Sarah Zorn

Health

Year	Book Title	Author
2010	Love Soup: 160 All-New Vegetarian Recipes from the Author of The Vegetarian Epicure	Anna Thomas
	EatingWell Comfort Foods Made Healthy	Jesse Price, the Editors of EatingWell
	Golden Door Cooks at Home: Favorite Recipes from the Celebrated Spa	Dean Rucker with Marah Stets
2011	The Simple Art of EatingWell Cookbook	Jessie Price & the EatingWell Test Kitchen
	Clean Start: Inspiring You to Eat Clean and Live Well	Terry Walters
	The Very Best Recipes for Health: 250 Recipes and More from the Popular Feature on NYTimes.com	Martha Rose Shulman
2012	Super Natural Every Day: Well-Loved Recipes from My Natural Foods Kitchen	Heidi Swanson
	Comfort Food Fix: Feel-Good Favorites Made Healthy	Ellie Krieger
	The Intolerant Gourmet: Glorious Food without Gluten & Lactose	Barbara Kafka
2013	Cooking Light The New Way to Cook Light: Fresh Food & Bold Flavors for Today’s Home Cook	Scott Mowbray and Ann Taylor Pittman
	The Sprouted Kitchen: A Tastier Take on Whole Foods	Sara Forte
	True Food: Seasonal, Sustainable, Simple, Pure	Sam Fox and Andrew Weil with Michael Stebner
2014	Gluten-Free Girl Every Day	Shauna James Ahern with Daniel Ahern
	VB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00 to Lose Weight and Restore Your Health . . . for Good	Mark Bittman
	Weeknight Wonders: Delicious, Healthy Dinners in 30 Minutes or Less	Ellie Krieger
2015	Cooking Light Mad Delicious: The Science of Making Healthy Food Taste Amazing	Keith Schroeder
	A Change of Appetite: Where Healthy Meets Delicious	Diana Henry
	Nom Nom Paleo: Food for Humans	Henry Fong and Michelle Tam
2016	Lighten Up, Y'all: Classic Southern Recipes Made Healthy and Wholesome	Virginia Willis
	Cook for Your Life: Delicious, Nourishing Recipes for Before, During, and After Cancer Treatment	Anne Ogden Gaffney
	Everyday Super Food	Jamie Oliver
2017	You Have It Made: Delicious, Healthy, Do-Ahead Meals	Ellie Krieger
	Pure Delicious: More Than 150 Delectable Allergen-Free Recipes Without Gluten, Dairy, Eggs, Soy, Peanuts, Tree Nuts, Shellfish, or Cane Sugar	Heather Christo
	Skinnytaste Fast and Slow: Knockout Quick-Fix and Slow Cooker Recipes	Gina Homolka
2018	Deepa’s Secrets	Deepa Thomas
	The Beauty Chef	Carla Oates
	Eat Right	Nick Barnard
2019	Eat a Little Better	Sam Kass
	The Complete Diabetes Cookbook	Editors at America’s Test Kitchen
	More with Less	Jodi Moreno
2020	Gluten-Free Baking at Home: 102 Foolproof Recipes for Delicious Breads, Cakes, Cookies, and More	Jeffrey Larsen
	The Beauty Chef Gut Guide: With 90+ Delicious Recipes and Weekly Meal Plans	Carla Oates
	Cannelle et Vanille: Nourishing, Gluten-Free Recipes for Every Meal and Mood	Aran Goyoaga

International

Books with recipes focused on food or cooking traditions of countries, regions, or communities outside of the United States.

Year	Book Title	Author
2010	The Country Cooking of Ireland	Colman Andrews
	Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy	Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, Tanya Bastianich Manuali
	Mastering the Art of Chinese Cooking	Eileen Yin-Fei Lo
2011	Stir-Frying to the Sky’s Edge: The Ultimate Guide to Mastery, with Authentic Recipes and Stories	Grace Young
	Cook Italy	Katie Caldesi
	Oaxaca al Gusto: An Infinite Gastronomy	Diana Kennedy
2012	The Food of Morocco	Paula Wolfert
	The Country Cooking of Italy	Colman Andrews
	The Food of Spain	Claudia Roden
2013	Jerusalem: A Cookbook	Yotam Ottolenghi & Sami Tamimi
	Burma: Rivers of Flavor	Naomi Duguid
	Gran Cocina Latina: The Food of Latin America	Maricel E. Presilla
2014	Every Grain of Rice: Simple Chinese Home Cooking	Fuchsia Dunlop
	Return to the Rivers: Recipes and Memories of the Himalayan River Valleys	Vikas Khanna with Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn
	Sauces & Shapes: Pasta the Italian Way	Oretta Zanini DeVita and Maureen B. Fant
2015	Yucatán: Recipes from a Culinary Expedition	David Sterling
	The Cuban Table: A Celebration of Food, Flavors, and History	Ana Sofía Peláez and Ellen Silverman
	My Paris Kitchen: Recipes and Stories	David Lebovitz
2016	Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking	Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook
	Preserving the Japanese Way	Nancy Singleton Hachisu
	Senegal: Modern Senegalese Recipes from the Source to the Bowl	Pierre Thiam with Jennifer Sit
2017	Taste of Persia: A Cook's Travels Through Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, and Kurdistan	Naomi Duguid
	All Under Heaven: Recipes from the 35 Cuisines of China	Carolyn Phillips
	Land of Fish and Rice: Recipes from the Culinary Heart of China	Fuchsia Dunlop
2018	Nopalito	Gonzalo Guzman and Stacy Adimando
	Paladares	Anya von Bremzen and Megan Fawn Schlow
	The Palestinian Table	Reem Kassis
2019	Feast: Food of the Islamic World	Anissa Helou
	The Food of Northern Thailand	Austin Bush
	I Am a Filipino	Nicole Ponseca and Miguel Trinidad
2020	Ethiopia: Recipes and Traditions from the Horn of Africa	Yohanis Gebreyesus with Jeff Koehler
	Black Sea: Dispatches and Recipes – Through Darkness and Light	Caroline Eden
	The Food of Sichuan	Fuchsia Dunlop
2022	In Bibi's Kitchen: The Recipes and Stories of Grandmothers from the Eight African Countries that Touch the Indian Ocean	Hawa Hassan with Julia Turshen
	Falastin: A Cookbook	Sami Tamimi and Tara Wigley
	Ripe Figs: Recipes and Stories from Turkey, Greece, and Cyprus	Yasmin Khan
2023	Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico: A Cookbook	Rick Martínez
	Masala: Recipes from India, the Land of Spices	Anita Jaisinghani
	Mezcla: Recipes to Excite	Ixta Belfrage

Photography / Visuals

Books on food or beverage with exceptional graphic design, art, or photography.

Year	Book Title	Author
2010	Seven Fires: Grilling the Argentine Way	Santiago Solo Monllor
	Eat Ate	Earl Carter
	New American Table	Paul Brissman
2011	Noma: Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine	Photographer: Ditte Isager
	The Blue Chair Jam Cookbook	Photographer: Sara Remington
	Tartine Bread	Photographer: Eric Wolfinger
2012	Notes from a Kitchen: A Journey Inside Culinary Obsession (Artist/Photographer: Jeff Scott)	Jeff Scott
	The Cheesemonger’s Kitchen (Photographer: Joseph De Leo)	Joseph De Leo
	Rustica: A Return to Spanish Home Cooking (Photographer: Alan Benson)	Alan Benson
2013	What Katie Ate: Recipes and Other Bits & Pieces	Katie Quinn Davies
	Bouchon Bakery	Deborah Jones
	Toqué! Creators of a New Quebec Gastronomy	Dominique Malaterre
2014	Historic Heston	Romas Foord
2014	René Redzepi: A Work in Progress	Ali Kurshat Altinsoy, Ditte Isager, René Redzepi, Lars Williams, and the Noma Team
	Mast Brothers Chocolate (Photographer: Tuukka Koski)	Tuukka Koski
2015	In Her Kitchen: Stories and Recipes from Grandmas Around the World	Gabriele Galimberti
	A New Napa Cuisine	Photographer: Jen Munkvold and Taylor Peden
	Sherry: A Modern Guide to the Wine World's Best-Kept Secret, with Cocktails and Recipes	Photographer: Ed Anderson
2016	Near & Far: Recipes Inspired by Home and Travel	Heidi Swanson, Photographer: Heidi Swanson
	Fire and Ice: Classic Nordic Cooking	Darra Goldstein, Photographer: Stefan Wettainen
	Root to Leaf: A Southern Chef Cooks Through the Seasons	Steven Satterfield, Photographer: John Kernick
2017	Taste & Technique: Recipes to Elevate Your Home Cooking	Chris Court
	Appetites	Bobby Fisher
	Everything I Want To Eat: Sqirl and the New California Cooking	Claire Cottrell, Jaime Beechum, and Nacho Alegre
2018	Cook Beautiful	Johnny Miller
	Simple Fare: Spring and Summer	Karen Mordechai
	Sweet	Peden + Munk
2019	Tokyo New Wave	Andrea Fazzari
	Season: Big Flavors, Beautiful Food	Nik Sharma
	Wild: Adventure Cookbook	Luisa Brimble
2020	American Sfoglino: A Master Class in Handmade Pasta (Photographer: Eric Wolfinger)	Eric Wolfinger
	Le Corbuffet: Edible Art and Design Classics (Photographer: Esther Choi)	Esther Choi
	Oaxaca: Home Cooking from the Heart of Mexico (Photographer: Quentin Bacon)	Quentin Bacon
2022	Take One Fish: The New School of Scale-to-Tail Cooking and Eating	Rob Palmer and Daniel New
	monk: Light and Shadow on the Philosopher's Path	Yuka Yanazume and Julia Hasting
	Sushi Shokunin: Japan's Culinary Masters	Andrea Fazzari
2023	Chinese-ish: Home Cooking Not Quite Authentic, 100% Delicious	Joanna Hu and Armelle Habib
	Homage: Recipes and Stories from an Amish Soul Food Kitchen	Brittany Conerly
	The Sofrito Manifesto	Bernardo Medina, Rafael Montalvo, and Ángelo Álvarez

Reference, History, and Scholarship

Includes manuals, guides, encyclopedias, and books that present research related to food or foodways.

Year	Book Title	Author
2010	Encyclopedia of Pasta	Oretta Zanini de Vita, Translated by: Maureen B. Fant
	Chop Suey: A Cultural History of Chinese Food in the United States	Andrew Coe
	Larousse Gastronomique: The World's Greatest Culinary Encyclopedia, Completely Revised and Updated	Librarie Larousse
2011	Salted: A Manifesto on the World’s Most Essential Mineral, with Recipes	Mark Bitterman
	Encyclopedia of Jewish Food	Gil Marks
	What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets	Faith D’Aluisio and Peter Menzel
2012	Turning the Tables: Restaurants and the Rise of the American Middle Class, 1880–1920	Andrew P. Haley
	The Art of Beef Cutting: A Meat Professional’s Guide to Butchering and Merchandising	Kari Underly
	The Food Lover’s Guide to Wine	Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg
2013	The Art of Fermentation: An In-Depth Exploration of Essential Concepts and Processes from Around the World	Sandor Ellix Katz
	101 Classic Cookbooks: 501 Classic Recipes	Marvin J. Taylor and Clark Wolf
	The Cookbook Library: Four Centuries of the Cooks, Writers, and Recipes That Made the Modern Cookbook	Anne Willan with Mark Cherniavsky and Kyri Claflin
2014	Soul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine One Plate at a Time	Adrian Miller
	A History of Food in 100 Recipes	William Sitwell
	Modern Food, Moral Food: Self-Control, Science, and the Rise of Modern American Eating in the Early Twentieth Century	Helen Zoe Veit
2015	Butchering Poultry, Rabbit, Lamb, Goat, and Pork: The Comprehensive Photographic Guide to Humane Slaughtering and Butchering	Adam Danforth
	Inventing Baby Food: Taste, Health, and the Industrialization of the American Diet	Amy Bentley
	The Spice & Herb Bible (Third Edition)	Ian and Kate Hemphill
2016	The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks	Toni Tipton-Martin
	The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets	Darra Goldstein
	To Live and Dine in Dixie: The Evolution of Urban Food Culture in the Jim Crow South	Angela Jill Cooley
2017	The Oxford Companion to Cheese	Catherine Donnelly
	French Wine: A History	Rod Phillips
	I Taste Red: The Science of Tasting Wine	Jamie Goode
2018	Champagne	Peter Liem
	The Culinarians: Lives and Careers from the First Age of American Fine Dining	David S. Shields
	Peppers of the Americas	Maricel E. Presilla
2019	Canned: The Rise and Fall of Consumer Confidence in the American Food Industry	Anna Zeide
	Catfish Dream: Ed Scott’s Fight for His Family Farm and Racial Justice in the Mississippi Delta	Julian Rankin
	Creole Italian: Sicilian Immigrants and the Shaping of New Orleans Food Culture	Justin Nystrom
2020	The Whole Okra: A Seed to Stem Celebration	Chris Smith
	Gandhi’s Search for the Perfect Diet: Eating with the World in Mind	Nico Slate
	A South You Never Ate: Savoring Flavors and Stories from the Eastern Shore of Virginia	Bernard L. Herman
2022	Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue	Adrian Miller
	The Flavor Equation: The Science of Great Cooking Explained + More Than 100 Essential Recipes	Nik Sharma
	Koji Alchemy: Rediscovering the Magic of Mold-Based Fermentation	Rich Shih and Jeremy Umansky
2023	Slaves for Peanuts: A Story of Conquest, Liberation, and a Crop That Changed History	Jori Lewis
	A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community	Natalia Molina
	What a Mushroom Lives For: Matsutake and the Worlds They Make	Michael J. Hathaway

Single Subject

Books with recipes focused on a single ingredient, dish, or method of cooking.

Year	Book Title	Author
2010	Pasta Sfoglia	Ron Suhanosky, Colleen Suhanosky
	Weber’s Way to Grill	Jamie Purviance
	Well-Preserved: Recipes and Techniques for Putting Up Small Batches of Seasonal Foods	Eugenia Bone
2011	Meat: A Kitchen Education	James Peterson
	Good Meat: The Complete Guide to Sourcing and Cooking Sustainable Meat	Deborah Krasner
	Ham: An Obsession with the Hindquarter	Mark Scarborough and Bruce Weinstein
2012	All About Roasting	Molly Stevens
	Odd Bits: How to Cook the Rest of the Animal	Jennifer McLagan
	Plenty: Vibrant Vegetable Recipes from London’s Ottolenghi	Yotam Ottolenghi
2013	Ripe: A Cook in the Orchard	Nigel Slater
	Afield: A Chef’s Guide to Preparing and Cooking Wild Game and Fish	Jesse Griffiths
	Modern Sauces: More than 150 Recipes for Every Cook, Every Day	Martha Holmberg
2014	Culinary Birds: The Ultimate Poultry Cookbook	John Ash with James O. Fraioli
	Fish: 54 Seafood Feasts	Cree LeFavour
	In the Charcuterie: The Fatted Calf's Guide to Making Sausage, Salumi, Pâtés, Roasts, Confits, and Other Meaty Goods	Taylor Boetticher and Toponia Miller
2015	Bitter: A Taste of the World's Most Dangerous Flavor, with Recipes	Jennifer McLagan
	Charcutería: The Soul of Spain	Jeffrey Weiss
	Egg: A Culinary Exploration of the World's Most Versatile Ingredient	Michael Ruhlman
2016	A Bird in the Hand: Chicken Recipes for Every Day and Every Mood	Diana Henry
	Mastering Pasta: The Art and Practice of Handmade Pasta, Gnocchi, and Risotto	Marc Vetri with David Joachim
	Tacos: Recipes and Provocations	Alex Stupak and Jordana Rothman
2017	Milk. Made.: A Book About Cheese. How to Choose It, Serve It and Eat It	Nick Haddow
	Big Bad Breakfast: The Most Important Book of the Day	John Currence
	The Elements of Pizza: Unlocking the Secrets to World-Class Pies at Home	Ken Forkish
2018	The Pho Cookbook	Andrea Nguyen
	Mastering Stocks and Broths	Rachael S. Mamane
	Offal Good	Chris Cosentino with Michael Harlan Turkell
2019	Goat: Cooking and Eating	James Whetlor
	Bread & Butter: History, Culture, Recipes	Richard Snapes, Grant Harrington, and Eve Hemingway
	Korean BBQ: Master Your Grill in Seven Sauces	Bill Kim with Chandra Ram
2020	Pasta Grannies: The Official Cookbook: The Secrets of Italy's Best Home Cooks	Vicky Bennison
	From the Oven to the Table: Simple Dishes That Look After Themselves	Diana Henry
	Sour: The Magical Element That Will Transform Your Cooking	Mark Diacono
2022	The Hog Book: A Chef's Guide to Hunting, Butchering and Cooking Wild Pigs	Jesse Griffiths
	Cool Beans: The Ultimate Guide to Cooking with the World's Most Versatile Plant-Based Protein, with 125 Recipes	Joe Yonan
	Grains for Every Season: Rethinking Our Way with Grains	Joshua McFadden with Martha Holmberg
2023	The Wok: Recipes and Techniques	J. Kenji López-Alt
	Masa: Techniques, Recipes, and Reflections on a Timeless Staple	Jorge Gaviria
	The Miracle of Salt: Recipes and Techniques to Preserve, Ferment, and Transform Your Food	Naomi Duguid

Vegetable Focused and Vegetarian

Books on vegetable cookery with recipes that are meatless, vegetarian, or vegan.

Year	Book Title	Author
2013	Roots: The Definitive Compendium with More Than 225 Recipes	Diane Morgan
	Foraged Flavor: Finding Fabulous Ingredients in Your Backyard or Farmer’s Market	Tama Matsuoka Wong with Eddy Leroux
	Herbivoracious: A Flavor Revolution, with 150 Vibrant and Original Vegetarian Recipes	Michael Natkin
2014	Vegetable Literacy	Deborah Madison
	Feast: Generous Vegetarian Meals for Any Eater and Every Appetite	Sarah Copeland
	River Cottage Veg	Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
2015	At Home in the Whole Food Kitchen: Celebrating the Art of Eating Well	Amy Chaplin
	Plenty More: Vibrant Vegetable Cooking from London's Ottolenghi	Yotam Ottolenghi
	Vegetarian Dinner Parties: 150 Meatless Meals Good Enough to Serve to Company	Mark Scarbrough and Bruce Weinstein
2016	V Is for Vegetables: Inspired Recipes & Techniques for Home Cooks	Michael Anthony
	A Modern Way to Eat: 200+ Satisfying Vegetarian Recipes (That Will Make You Feel Amazing)	Anna Jones
	Vegetarian India: A Journey Through the Best of Indian Home Cooking	Madhur Jaffrey
2017	The Middle Eastern Vegetarian Cookbook	Salma Hage
	Dandelion and Quince: Exploring the Wide World of Unusual Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs	Michelle McKenzie
	The Vegetable Butcher: How to Select, Prep, Slice, Dice, and Masterfully Cook Vegetables from Artichokes to Zucchini	Cara Mangini
2018	Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables	Joshua McFadden with Martha Holmberg
	The Book of Greens	Jenn Louis with Kathleen Squires
	In My Kitchen	Deborah Madison
2019	Saladish	Ilene Rosen
	Almonds, Anchovies, and Pancetta: A Vegetarian Cookbook, Kind Of	Cal Peternell
	Vegetarian Viet Nam	Cameron Stauch
2020	Whole Food Cooking Every Day: Transform the Way You Eat with 250 Vegetarian Recipes Free of Gluten, Dairy, and Refined Sugar	Amy Chaplin
	Ruffage: A Practical Guide to Vegetables	Abra Berens
	Vegetables Illustrated: An Inspiring Guide with 700+ Kitchen-Tested Recipes	Editors at America's Test Kitchen
2022	The Korean Vegan Cookbook: Reflections and Recipes from Omma's Kitchen	Joanne Lee Molinaro
	To Asia, With Love: Everyday Asian Recipes and Stories from the Heart	Hetty McKinnon
	Vegetable Kingdom: The Abundant World of Vegan Recipes	Bryant Terry
2023	The Vegan Chinese Kitchen: Recipes and Modern Stories from a Thousand-Year-Old Tradition: A Cookbook	Hannah Che
	Plant-Based India: Nourishing Recipes Rooted in Tradition	Dr. Sheil Shukla
	In Praise of Veg: The Ultimate Cookbook for Vegetable Lovers	Alice Zaslavsky

Writing and Literature

Narrative nonfiction books, including memoirs, culinary tourism, investigative journalism, food advocacy, and critical analysis of food and foodways for a general audience. Includes memoir, biography, personal essays, culinary travel, and culture.

Year	Book Title	Author
2010	Save the Deli	David Sax
	The Seasons on Henry’s Farm: A Year of Food and Life on a Sustainable Farm	Terra Brockman
	Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal	Tristram Stuart
2011	Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food	Paul Greenberg
	Empires of Food: Feast, Famine, and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations	Evan D. G. Fraser and Andrew Rimas
	Peace Meals: Candy-Wrapped Kalashnikovs and Other War Stories	Anna Badkhen
2012	Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef	Gabrielle Hamilton
	Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, Love, and War	Annia Ciezadlo
	Extra Virginity	Tom Mueller
2013	Yes, Chef: A Memoir	Marcus Samuelsson
	The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table	Tracie McMillan
	The Man Who Changed the Way We Eat: Craig Claiborne and the American Food Renaissance	Thomas McNamee
2014	Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us	Michael Moss
	A Fork in the Road: Tales of Food, Pleasure and Discovery on the Road (Edited by James Oseland)	James Oseland
	Provence, 1970: M. F. K. Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, and the Reinvention of American Taste	Luke Barr
2015	The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food	Dan Barber
	The Chain: Farm, Factory, and the Fate of Our Food	Ted Genoways
	The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu	Dan Jurafsky
2016	Soda Politics: Taking on Big Soda (and Winning)	Marion Nestle
	Pawpaw: In Search of America’s Forgotten Fruit	Andrew Moore
	Pig Tales: An Omnivore’s Quest for Sustainable Meat	Barry Estabrook
2017	A Square Meal: A Culinary History of the Great Depression	Jane Ziegelman and Andrew Coe
	Food City: Four Centuries of Food-Making in New York	Joy Santlofer
	Something to Food About: Exploring Creativity with Innovative Chefs	Questlove with Ben Greenman
2018	The Cooking Gene	Michael W. Twitty
	The Taste of Empire: How Britain's Quest for Food Shaped the Modern World	Lizzie Collingham
	Unforgettable: The Bold Flavors of Paula Wolfert’s Renegade Life	Emily Kaiser Thelin
2019	Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef’s Journey to Discover America’s New Melting-Pot Cuisine	Edward Lee
	Hippie Food: How Back-to-the-Landers, Longhairs, and Revolutionaries Changed the Way We Eat	Jonathan Kauffman
	Pasta, Pane, Vino: Deep Travels Through Italy’s Food Culture	Matt Goulding
2020	Eat Like a Fish: My Adventures as a Fisherman Turned Restorative Ocean Farmer	Bren Smith
	Notes from a Young Black Chef: A Memoir	Kwame Onwuachi with Joshua David Stein
	Women on Food: Charlotte Druckman and 115 Writers, Chefs, Critics, Television Stars, and Eaters	Charlotte Druckman
2022	Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America	Marcia Chatelain
	Getting Something to Eat in Jackson: Race, Class, and Food in the American South	Joseph C. Ewoodzie Jr.
	The Man Who Ate Too Much: The Life of James Beard	John Birdsall
2023	Savor: A Chef's Hunger for More	Fatima Ali with Tarajia Morrell
	California Soul: An American Epic of Cooking and Survival	Keith Corbin with Kevin Alexander
	To Boldly Grow: Finding Joy, Adventure, and Dinner in Your Own Backyard	Tamar Haspel

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