James Beard Award Nominees and Winners 2012

American Cooking

A New Turn in the South: Southern Flavors Reinvented for Your Kitchen by Hugh Acheson

WINNER

American Cooking

American Flavor by Andrew Carmellini and Gwen Hyman

American Cooking

Masala Farm by Suvir Saran and Raquel Pelzel

Baking and Dessert

Baking Style: Art, Craft, Recipes by Lisa Yockelson

Baking and Dessert

Cooking with Chocolate: Essential Recipes and Techniques by Frederic Bau

Baking and Dessert

Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home: More Than 100 Addictively Good Artisanal Recipes by Jeni Britton Bauer

WINNER

Beverage

An Ideal Wine: One Generation’s Pursuit of Perfection – And Profit – In California by David Darlington

Beverage

Bitters: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All, with Cocktails, Recipes, and Formulas by Brad Thomas Parsons

WINNER

Beverage

The Oxford Companion to Beer by Garrett Oliver

Cooking from a Professional Point of View

The Art of Living According to Joe Beef: A Cookbook of Sorts by Frédéric Morin, David McMillan and Meredith Erickson

Cooking from a Professional Point of View

Eleven Madison Park: The Cookbook by Daniel Humm and Will Guidara

Cooking from a Professional Point of View

Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking by Nathan Myhrvold, Chris Young and Maxime Bilet

WINNER and COOKBOOK OF THE YEAR

General Cooking

My Family Table: A Passionate Plea for Home Cooking by John Besh

General Cooking

Ruhlman’s Twenty by Michael Ruhlman

WINNER

General Cooking

The Splendid Table’s How to Eat Weekends by Lynne Rossetto Kasper and Sally Swift

Focus on Health

Comfort Food Fix: Feel-Good Favorites Made Healthy by Ellie Krieger

Focus on Health

The Intolerant Gourmet: Glorious Food Without Gluten & Lactose by Barbara Kafka

Focus on Health

Super Natural Every Day: Well-Loved Recipes from My Natural Foods Kitchen by Heidi Swanson

WINNER

International

The Country Cooking of Italy by Colman Andrews

International

The Food of Morocco by Paula Wolfert

WINNER

International

The Food of Spain by Claudia Roden

Photography

The Cheesemonger’s Kitchen by Chester Hastings

Photography

Notes From a Kitchen: A Journey Inside Culinary Obsession by Jeff Scott

WINNER

Photography

Rustica: A Return to Spanish Home Cooking Photographer: Alan Benson

Reference and Scholarship

The Art of Beef Cutting: A Meat Professional’s Guide to Butchering and Merchandising by Kari Underly

Reference and Scholarship

The Food Lover’s Guide to Wine by Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg

Reference and Scholarship

Turning the Tables: Restaurants and the Rise of the American Middle Class, 1880-1920 by Andrew P. Haley

WINNER

Single Subject

All About Roasting: A New Approach to a Classic Art by Molly Stevens

WINNER

Single Subject

Odd Bits: How to Cook the Rest of the Animal by Jennifer McLagan

Single Subject

Plenty by Yotam Ottolenghi

Writing and Literature

Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton

WINNER

Writing and Literature

Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, Love, and War by Annia Ciezadlo

Writing and Literature

Extra Virginity: the Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil by Tom Mueller