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.

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2019 JBF American Cookbook of the Year
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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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Mashama Bailey is the 2022 JBF Outstanding Chef Award Winner and was previously awarded the 2019 JBF Best Chef: Southeast.
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"Food brings people together, but can it help heal the racial divide? At The Grey in Savannah, Georgia, a rising-star black woman chef and a food-obsessed white businessman are equal partners who're breaking barriers--one plate at a time. Black, White, and The Grey is a story about the mission, trials, and triumphs of two individuals who had little in common--except an obsession for great food--until they came together through an awakened determination...
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2019 JBF Cookbook of the Year
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"From the authors of the best-selling and genre-defining cocktail book Death & Co, Cocktail Codex is a comprehensive primer on the craft of mixing drinks that employs the authors' unique "cocktail families" approach to give drink-makers of every level the tools to understand, execute, and improvise both classic and original cocktails"--
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2020 JBF Food Writing Book of the Year
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"In the face of apocalyptic climate change, a former fisherman shares a bold and hopeful new vision for saving the planet: farming the ocean. Here Bren Smith--pioneer of regenerative ocean agriculture--introduces the world to a groundbreaking solution to the global climate crisis."--
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2022 JBF General Cookbook of the Year
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"Top Chef star Gregory Gourdet's ... cookbook has the culinary sophistication ... of Yottam Ottolenghi books and goes a step further, featuring only healthy recipes free of gluten, dairy, soy, refined sugar, and legumes"--
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2015 JBF Baking & Desserts Cookbook Award Winner
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Sahadi's is the 2017 JBF American Classics Award winner
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"Flavors of the Sun is both a deep dive into the diverse array of ingredients from the Middle East as well as the story of a beloved Brooklyn institution, Sahadi's. For the first time, the people behind Sahadi's are sharing their expert knowledge of these sought-after ingredients in the form of over 120 recipes, plus buying guides, and side bar "10 More Ways to Use..." sections"--
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2020 JBF Baking & Desserts Cookbook of the Year
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Kwame Onwuachi is the 2019 JBF Rising Star Chef of the Year Award winner
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"A cookbook celebrating the food of the African diaspora from Nigeria and Ethiopia to the Bronx, the Caribbean, and the American South, from the James Beard Award-winning author of Notes from a Young Black Chef"--
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2018 JBF International Cookbook of the Year
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"A collection of 100 recipes for anyone who wants to cook traditional Mexican food in all its surprising freshness and variety, ranging from the simplest dishes to more complex ones, and including both the classic and the lesser-known regional gems of this cuisine. Nopalito provides a snapshot of regional Mexican cuisine from the perspective of Gonzalo Guzman, head chef at San Francisco's popular restaurant of the same name. With recipes for 100 traditional...
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Sam Calagione is the 2017 JBF Outstanding Wine, Spirits, or Beer Professional Award winner
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Calagione considers an innovative approach to business by exploring what happens when companies stop competing and start collaborating-- both externally in the marketplace and internally in building a culture of communication, trust and alignment. Members of the leadership team at Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, as well as external mentors from the worlds of business and art, showcase how competing organizations can work together to reach a common goal....
Book cover for "Rodney Scott's world of BBQ"
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Rodney Scott is the 2018 JBF Best Chef: Southeast Award winner
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2018 JBF American Cookbook of the Year; Owamni, Sean Sherman's Minneapolis restaurant, is the 2022 JBF Best New Restaurant Award Winner