James Beard Award Nominees and Winners 2010

American Cooking

My New Orleans: The Cookbook by John Besh

Real Cajun: Rustic Home Cooking from Donald Link’s Louisiana by Donald Link

WINNER

The Lee Bros. Simple Fresh Southern: Knockout Dishes with Down-Home Flavor by Matt Lee and Ted Lee

Baking: Savory or Sweet

Baking by James Peterson

WINNER

DamGoodSweet: Desserts to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth, New Orleans Style by Raquel Pelzel and by David Guas

Peter Reinhart’s Artisan Breads Every Day: Fast and Easy Recipes for World-Class Breads by Peter Reinhart

Beverage

Been Doon So Long: A Randall Grahm Vinthology by Randall Grahm

WINNER

The King of Vodka: The Story of Pyotr Smirnov and the Upheaval of an Empire by Linda Himelstein

World Whiskey by Charles MacLean

Cooking from a Professional Point of View

Araxi: Seasonal Recipes from the Celebrated Whistler Restaurant by James Walt

Momofuku by David Chang and Peter Meehan

The Fundamental Techniques of Classic Pastry Arts by The French Culinary Institute and Judith Choate

WINNER

General Cooking

Ad Hoc at Home by Thomas Keller

WINNER

Salt to Taste: The Key to Confident, Delicious Cooking by Marco Canora and Cathy Young

The Pleasures of Cooking for One by Judith Jones

Healthy Focus

EatingWell Comfort Foods Made Healthy by Jessie Price and EatingWell Editors

Golden Door Cooks at Home: Favorite Recipes from the Celebrated Spa by Marah Stets and Dean Rucker

Love Soup by Anna Thomas

WINNER

International

Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy by Lidia Bastianich and Tanya Bastianich Manuali

Mastering the Art of Chinese Cooking by Eileen Yin-Fei Lo

The Country Cooking of Ireland by Colman Andrews

WINNER AND COOKBOOK OF THE YEAR

Photography

Eat Ate by Guy Mirabella with Earl Carter (Photographer)

New American Table by Marcus Samuelsson with Paul Brissman (Photographer)

Seven Fires: Grilling the Argentine Way by Francis Mallmann and Peter Kaminsky with Santiago Soto Monllor (Photographer)

WINNER

Reference and Scholarship

Chop Suey: A Cultural History of Chinese Food in the United States by Andrew Coe

Encyclopedia of Pasta by Oretta Zanini De Vita

WINNER

Larousse Gastronomique: The World’s Greatest Culinary Encyclopedia, Completely Revised and Updated by Larousse Editors

Single Subject

Pasta Sfoglia by Colleen Suhanosky and Ron Suhanosky with Susan Simon

WINNER

Weber’s Way to Grill by Jamie Purviance

Well-Preserved: Recipes and Techniques for Putting Up Small Batches of Seasonal Foods by Eugenia Bone

Writing and Literature

Save the Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen by David Sax

WINNER

The Seasons on Henry’s Farm: A Year of Food and Life on a Sustainable Farm by Terra Brockman

Waste by Tristram Stuart