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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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"--
Book cover for "The food lab"
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4.3 stars
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2016 JBF General Cookbook Award Winner
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"As Serious Eats's culinary nerd-in-residence, J. Kenji López-Alt has pondered [how to pan-fry a steak with a charred crust and an interior that's perfectly medium-rare from edge to edge when you cut into it] and more. In [this book], Kenji focuses on the science behind beloved American dishes, delving into the interactions between heat, energy, and molecules that create great food. Kenji shows that often, conventional methods don't work that well,...
Book cover for "In Bibi's kitchen"
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2 stars
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2022 JBF International Cookbook of the Year
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"Grandmothers from eight eastern African countries welcome you into their kitchens to share flavorful recipes and stories of family, love, and tradition in this transporting cookbook-meets-travelogue"--
Book cover for "Mister Jiu's in Chinatown"
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5 stars
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2022 JBF Resaurant & Professional Cookbook of the Year. Brandon Jew won the 2022 JBF Award for Best Chef: California
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"The acclaimed chef behind the Michelin-starred Mister Jiu's in San Francisco's Chinatown shares stories of the past, present, and future of Chinese cooking in America through 90 mouthwatering recipes"--
Book cover for "Salt, fat, acid, heat"
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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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5 stars
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2017 JBF Book of the Year
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"Victuals is an exploration of the foodways, people, and places of Appalachia"--
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4 stars
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2020 JBF General Cookbook of the Year
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"A modern approach to cooking at home, with more than 70 innately flexible recipes"--