James Beard Award Nominees and Winners 2009

American Cooking

Arthur Schwartz’s Jewish Home Cooking: Yiddish Recipes Revisited by Arthur Schwartz

American Cooking

Cooking Up a Storm: Recipes Lost and Found from The Times-Picayune of New Orleans by Marcelle Bienvenu and Judy Walker

American Cooking

Screen Doors and Sweet Tea: Recipes and Tales from a Southern Cook by Martha Hall Foose

WINNER

Baking

Bakewise: The Hows and Whys of Successful Baking by Shirley O. Corriher

WINNER

Baking

Baking for All Occasions: A Treasury of Recipes for Everyday Celebrations by Flo Braker

Baking

The Art and Soul of Baking by Cindy Mushet and Sur La Table

Beverage

The Harney and Sons Guide to Tea by Michael Harney

Beverage

The Wines of Burgundy by Clive Coates

Beverage

WineWise: Your Complete Guide to Understanding, Selecting, and Enjoying Wine by Steven Kolpan, Brian H. Smith, and Michael A. Weiss, The Culinary Institute of America 

WINNER

Cooking From a Professional Point of View

Alinea by Grant Achatz

WINNER

Cooking From a Professional Point of View

The Big Fat Duck Cookbook by Heston Blumenthal 

Cooking From a Professional Point of View

Under Pressure: Cooking Sous Vide by Thomas Keller 

General Cooking

How to Cook Everything (Completely Revised Tenth Anniversary Edition) by Mark Bittman

WINNER

General Cooking

Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Lessons and Recipes for the Home Cook by Martha Stewart 

General Cooking

The Bon Appétit Fast Easy Fresh Cookbook by Barbara Fairchild

Healthy Focus

Cooking with the Seasons at Rancho La Puerta: Recipes from the World-Famous Spa by Deborah Szekely and Deborah M. Schneider

Healthy Focus

EatingWell for a Healthy Heart Cookbook by Philip A. Ades, M.D. and the Editors of EatingWell

Healthy Focus

The Food You Crave: Luscious Recipes for a Healthy Life by Ellie Krieger

WINNER

International

Beyond the Great Wall: Recipes and Travels in the Other China by Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid

WINNER

International

Jewish Holiday Cooking: A Food Lover’s Treasury of Classics and Improvisations by Jayne Cohen

International

Southeast Asian Flavors: Adventures in Cooking the Foods of Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, & Singapore by Robert Danhi

Photography

The Big Fat Duck Cookbook Photographer: Dominic Davies Artist: Dave McKean 

WINNER

Photography

Decadent Desserts Photographer: Thomas Dhellemmes 

Photography

Haute Chinese Cuisine from the Kitchen of Wakiya Photographer: Masashi Kuma

Reference and Scholarship

Milk: The Surprising Story of Milk Through the Ages by Anne Mendelson 

Reference and Scholarship

The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America’s Most Imaginative Chefs by Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg

WINNER

Reference and Scholarship

The Science of Good Food by David Joachim and Andrew Schloss

Single Subject

Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient by Jennifer McLagan

WINNER and COOKBOOK OF THE YEAR

Single Subject

Mediterranean Fresh: A Compendium of One-Plate Salad Meals and Mix-and-Match Dressings by Joyce Goldstein

Single Subject

The Best Casserole Cookbook Ever by Beatrice Ojakangas 

Writing and Literature

In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan

WINNER

Writing and Literature 

Shark’s Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China by Fuchsia Dunlop

Writing and Literature