James Beard Foundation Award Winners

A list of books that either won the James Beard Foundation Award, or are by or about Chefs or Restaurants that have won a James Beard Foundation Award.

Showing 1 - 6 of 6  There are a total of 40 valid entries on the list.
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2022 JBF Reference, Scholarship and History Book of the Year
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"Across America, the pure love and popularity of barbecue cookery has gone through the roof. Prepared in one regional style or another, in the South and beyond, barbecue is one of the nation's most distinctive culinary arts. And people aren't just eating it; they're also reading books and articles and watching TV shows about it. But why is it, asks Adrian Miller--admitted 'cuehead and longtime certified barbecue judge--that in today's barbecue culture...
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3 stars
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2019 JBF Vegetable-Focused Cooking Cookbook of the Year
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Winner, 2019 James Beard Award for Best Book of the Year in Vegetable-Focused Cooking
“Elevates salads from the quotidian to the thrilling.”
The New York Times

A “saladish” recipe is like a salad, and yet so much more. It starts with an unexpectedly wide range of ingredients, such as Japanese eggplants, broccoli rabe, shirataki noodles, Bosc pears, and chrysanthemum leaves. It emphasizes...
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4.5 stars
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2018 JBF General Cookbook of the Year
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*Over 1 million copies sold * New York Times bestseller * Winner of the James Beard Award and multiple IACP Cookbook Awards * Available as a Netflix series *

Transform how you prep, cook, and think about food with this visionary master class in cooking by Samin Nosrat that distills decades of professional experience into just four simple elements—from the woman declared "America's next great cooking teacher" by Alice...
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4 stars
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2014 JBF Writing & Literature Book Award Winner
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The author explores his theory that the food industry's used three essential ingredients to control much of the world's diet.
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4.7 stars
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2018 JBF Vegetable-Focused Cooking Cookbook of the Year
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Winner, James Beard Award for Best Book in Vegetable-Focused Cooking
Named a Best Cookbook of the Year by the Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Bon Appétit, Food Network Magazine, Every Day with Rachael Ray, USA Today, Seattle Times, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Library Journal, Eater, and more

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5 stars
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2020 JBF Vegetable-Focused Cooking Cookbook of the Year
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Winner, James Beard Award for Best Book in Vegetable-Focused Cooking
Named one of the Best Cookbooks
of the Year / Best Cookbooks to Give as Gifts in 2019 by the New York Times, Washington Post, Bon Appétit, Martha Stewart Living, Epicurious, and more
 
Named one of the Best Healthy Cookbooks of 2019 by Forbes
“Gorgeous. . ....