James Beard Award Winners 2016

American Cooking

The Beetlebung Farm Cookbook: A Year of Cooking on Martha’s Vineyard by Chris Fischer and Catherine Young

WINNER

American Cooking

Heartlandia: Heritage Recipes from Portland’s The Country Cat by Adam Sappington and Jackie Sappington and Ashley Gartland

American Cooking

The Southerner’s Cookbook: Recipes, Wisdom, and Stories by the Editors of Garden and Gun

Baking and Dessert

The Everyday Baker: Recipes and Techniques for Foolproof Baking by Abigail Johnson Dodge

Baking and Dessert

The New Sugar and Spice: A Recipe for Bolder Baking by Samantha Seneviratne

Baking and Dessert

Sourdough: Recipes for Rustic Fermented Breads, Sweets, Savories, and More by Sarah Owens

WINNER

Beverage

American Wine: A Coming-Of-Age Story by Tom Acitelli

Beverage

Lost Recipes of Prohibition: Notes from a Bootlegger’s Manual by Matthew B. Rowley

Beverage

The Oxford Companion to Wine by Jancis Robinson

WINNER

Cooking from a Professional Point of View

Gjelina: Cooking from Venice, California by Travis Lett

Cooking from a Professional Point of View

Nopi: The Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi and Ramael Scully

WINNER

Cooking from a Professional Point of View

This is Camino by Russell Moore and Allison Hopelain and Chris Colin

General Cooking

The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science by J. Kenji López-Alt

WINNER

General Cooking

Mark Bittman’s Kitchen Matrix: Visual Recipes to Make Cooking Easier Than Ever by Mark Bittman

General Cooking

Slow Fires: Mastering New Ways of Braising, Roasting, and Grilling by Justin Smillie and Kitty Greenwald

Focus on Health

Cook for Your Life: Delicious, Nourishing Recipes for Before, During, and After Cancer Treatement by Ann Ogden Gaffney

Focus on Health

Everyday Super Food: Recipes for a Healthier Happier You by Jamie Oliver

Focus on Health

Lighten Up, Y’all: Classic Southern Recipes Made Healthy and Wholesome by Virginia Willis

WINNER

International

Preserving the Japanese Way: Traditions of Salting, Fermenting, and Pickling for the Modern Kitchen by Nancy Singleton Hachisu

International

Senegal: Modern Senegalese Recipes from the Source to the Bowl by Pierre Thiam and Jennifer Sit

International

Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking by Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook

WINNER and BOOK OF THE YEAR

Photography

Fire + Ice: Classic Nordic Cooking by Darra Goldstein

Photography

Near & Far: Recipes Inspired by Home and Travel by Heidi Swanson

WINNER

Photography

Root to Leaf: A Southern Chef Cooks Through the Seasons by Steven Satterfield

Reference and Scholarship

The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks by Toni Tipton-Martin

WINNER

Reference and Scholarship

The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets by Darra Goldstein

Reference and Scholarship

To Live and Dine in Dixie: The Evolution of Urban Food Culture in the Jim Crow South by Angela Jill Cooley

Single Subject

A Bird in the Hand: Chicken Recipes for Every Day and Every Mood by Diana Henry

WINNER

Single Subject

Mastering Pasta: The Art and Practice of Handmade Pasta, Gnocchi, and Risotto by Marc Vetri and David Joachim

Single Subject

Tacos: Recipes and Provocations by Alex Stupak and Jordana Rothman

Vegetable Focused and Vegetarian

A Modern Way to Eat: Over 200 Satisfying, Everyday Vegetarian Recipes (That Will Make You Feel Amazing) by Anna Jones

Vegetable Focused and Vegetarian

V Is for Vegetables: Inspired Recipes & Techniques for Home Cooks — From Artichokes to Zucchini by Michael Anthony

WINNER

Vegetable Focused and Vegetarian

Vegetarian India: A Journey Through the Best of Indian Home Cooking by Madhur Jaffrey

Writing and Literature

Pawpaw: In Search of America’s Forgotten Fruit by Andrew Moore

Writing and Literature

Pig Tales: An Omnivore’s Quest for Sustainable Meat by Barry Estabrook

Writing and Literature

Inducted into Cookbook Hall of Fame – Deborah Madison