James Beard Award Nominees and Winners 2013


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American Cooking

Fire in My Belly: Real Cooking by Kevin Gillespie and David Joachim

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American Cooking

Mastering the Art of Southern Cooking by Nathalie Dupree and Cynthia Graubart

WINNER

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American Cooking

Southern Comfort: A New Take on the Recipes We Grew Up With by Allison Vines-Rushing and Slade Rushing

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Baking and Dessert

Bouchon Bakery by Thomas Keller and Sebastien Rouxel

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Baking and Dessert

The Dahlia Bakery Cookbook: Sweetness in Seattle by Tom Douglas and Shelley Lance

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Beverage

Wine Grapes: A Complete Guide to 1,368 Vine Varieties, Including Their Origins and Flavours by Jancis Robinson, Julia Harding, and José Vouillamoz

WINNER

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Cooking from a Professional Point of View

Come In, We’re Closed: An Invitation to Staff Meals at the World’s Best Restaurants by Christine Carroll and Jody Eddy

Cooking from a Professional Point of View

The Fundamental Techniques of Classic Italian Cuisine by The International Culinary Center, Cesare Casella, and Stephanie Lyness

Cooking from a Professional Point of View

Toqué! Creators of a New Quebec Gastronomy by Normand Laprise

WINNER

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General Cooking

Canal House Cooks Every Day by Melissa Hamilton and Christopher Hirsheimer

WINNER

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General Cooking

Modernist Cuisine at Home by Nathan Myhrvold and Maxime Bilet

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General Cooking

What Katie Ate: Recipes and Other Bits & Pieces by Katie Quinn Davies

Focus on Health

Cooking Light The New Way to Cook Light: Fresh Food & Bold Flavors for Today’s Home Cook by Scott Mowbray and Ann Taylor Pittman

WINNER

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Focus on Health

True Food: Seasonal, Sustainable, Simple, Pure by Sam Fox and Andrew Weil with Michael Stebner

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International

Burma: Rivers of Flavor by Naomi Duguid

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International

Gran Cocina Latina: The Food of Latin America by Maricel E. Presilla 

WINNER and COOKBOOK OF THE YEAR
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International

Jerusalem: A Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi & Sami Tamimi

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Photography

Bouchon Bakery Photographer: Deborah Jones

Photography

Toqué! Creators of a New Quebec Gastronomy Photographer: Dominique Malaterre

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Photography

What Katie Ate: Recipes and Other Bits & Pieces Photographer: Katie Quinn Davies

WINNER

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Reference and Scholarship

101 Classic Cookbooks: 501 Classic Recipes by Marvin J. Taylor and Clark Wolf

Reference and Scholarship

The Cookbook Library: Four Centuries of the Cooks, Writers, and Recipes That Made the Modern Cookbook by Anne Willan with Mark Cherniavsky and Kyri Claflin

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Single Subject

Ripe: A Cook in the Orchard by Nigel Slater

WINNER

Vegetable Focused and Vegetarian

Foraged Flavor: Finding Fabulous Ingredients in Your Backyard or Farmer’s Market by Tama Matsuoka Wong with Eddy Leroux

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Vegetable Focused and Vegetarian

Roots: The Definitive Compendium with More Than 225 Recipes by Diane Morgan

WINNER

Writing and Literature

Yes, Chef: A Memoir by Marcus Samuelsson

WINNER