James Beard Finalists Announced

The James Beard Foundation just announced its cookbook finalists for 2013. (For other awards, see our blog Cookbook award season is here!.)

So who made the list? You can view the entire list here, but here are some of the more popular categories. First, however, are the two who won the most prestigious achievement awards:

• Humanitarian: Emeril Lagasse
• Lifetime Achievement: Cecilia Chiang

COOKBOOKS:

American:

• Fire in My Belly by Kevin Gillespie & David Joachim
• Mastering the Art of Southern Cooking by Nathalie Dupree & Cynthia Stevens Graubart
• Southern Comfort by Alison Vines-Rushing & Slade Rushing

Baking and Desserts

• Bouchon Bakery by Thomas Keller & Sebastien Rouxel
• The Dahlia Bakery Cookbook by Tom Douglas & Shelley Lance
• Flour Water Salt Yeast by Ken Forkish

Professional

• Come In: We’re Closed by Christine Carroll & Jody Eddy
• The Fundamental Techniques of Classic Italian Cuisine by International Culinary Center
• Toqué by Normand Laprise

Healthy

• The New Way to Cook Light by Cooking Light
• The Sprouted Kitchen by Sara Forte
• True Food by Andrew Weil & Sam Fox

General Cooking

• Canal House Cooks Everyday by Melissa Hamilton & Christopher Hirsheimer
• Modernist Cuisine at Home by Nathan Myhrvold & Maxime Bilet
• What Katie Ate by Katie Quinn Davies

International

• Burma: Rivers of Flavor by Naomi Duguid
• Gran Cocina Latina by Maricel Presilla
• Jerusalem by Yotam Ottolenghi & Sami Tamimi

Single Subject

• Afield by Jesse Griffiths
• Modern Sauces by Martha Holmberg
• Ripe by Nigel Slater

Vegetable

• Foraged Flavor by Tama Matsuoka Wong with Eddie Leroux
• Herbivoracious by Michael Natkin
• Roots by Diane Morgan

 NEW MEDIA:

Outstanding Personality

• Gerry Garvin, Cooking Channel
• Sara Moulton, PBS
• Andrew Zimmern, Travel Channel

Journalism – Cooking Instruction

Humor

Congratulations to everyone!