James Beard Award Winners 2017

American Cooking

Deep Run Roots: Stories and Recipes from My Corner of the South by Vivian Howard

American Cooking

My Two Souths: Blending the Flavors of India into a Southern Kitchen by Asha Gomez and Martha Hall Foose

American Cooking

Victuals: An Appalachian Journey, with Recipes by Ronni Lundy

WINNER and COOKBOOK OF THE YEAR

Baking and Dessert

Art of the Pie: A Practical Guide to Homemade Crusts, Fillings, and Life by Kate McDermott

Baking and Dessert

Breaking Breads: A New World of Israeli Baking by Uri Scheft

Baking and Dessert

Dorie’s Cookies by Dorie Greenspan

WINNER

Beverage

Smuggler’s Cove: Exotic Cocktails, Rum, and the Cult of Tiki by Martin Cate and Rebecca Cate

WINNER

Beverage

Spritz: Italy’s Most Iconic Aperitivo Cocktail, with Recipes by Talia Baiocchi and Leslie Pariseau

Beverage

The Waldorf Astoria Bar Book by Frank Caiafa

Cooking from a Professional Point of View

Classic Koffmann by Pierre Koffmann

WINNER

Cooking from a Professional Point of View

Lickerland: Asian-Accented Desserts by Jason Licker 

Cooking from a Professional Point of View

Central by Virgilio Martinez and Nicholas Gill

General Cooking

Cooking for Jeffrey: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook by Ina Garten 

General Cooking

Cook’s Science: How to Unlock Flavor in 50 of Our Favorite Ingredients by Guy Crosby Ph.D and Cook’s Illustrated Magazine

General Cooking

Eat in My Kitchen: To Cook, to Bake, to Eat, and to Treat by Meike Peters

WINNER

Focus on Health

Pure Delicious: More Than 150 Delectable Allergen-Free Recipes Without Gluten, Dairy, Eggs, Soy, Peanuts, Tree Nuts, Shellfish, or Cane Sugar by Heather Christo

Focus on Health

Skinnytaste Fast and Slow: Knockout Quick-Fix and Slow Cooker Recipes by Gina Homolka and Heather K. Jones

Focus on Health

You Have It Made: Delicious, Healthy, Do-Ahead Meals by Ellie Krieger

WINNER

International

All Under Heaven: Recipes from the 35 Cuisines of China by Carolyn Phillips

International

Land of Fish and Rice: Recipes from the Culinary Heart of China by Fuchsia Dunlop

International

Taste of Persia: A Cook’s Travels Through Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, and Kurdistan by Naomi Duguid

WINNER

Nonfiction

Food City: Four Centuries of Food-Making in New York by Joy Santlofer

Nonfiction

something to food about: Exploring Creativity with Innovative Chefs by Questlove and Ben Greenman

Nonfiction

Photography

Appetites: A Cookbook by Anthony Bourdain (photographs by Bobby Fisher)

Photography

Everything I Want to Eat: Sqirl and the New California Cooking by Jessica Koslow (photographs by Claire Cottrell, Jaime Beechum, and Nacho Alegre)

Photography

Taste & Technique: Recipes to Elevate Your Home Cooking by Naomi Pomeroy (photographs by Chris Court)

WINNER

Reference and Scholarship

French Wine: A History by Rod Phillips

Reference and Scholarship

I Taste Red: The Science of Tasting Wine by Jamie Goode

Reference and Scholarship

The Oxford Companion to Cheese by Catherine Donnelly

WINNER

Single Subject

Big Bad Breakfast: The Most Important Book of the Day by John Currence

Single Subject

The Elements of Pizza: Unlocking the Secrets to World-Class Pies at Home by Ken Forkish

Single Subject

Milk. Made. : A Book About Cheese: How to Make It, Buy It and Eat It by Nick Haddow

WINNER

Vegetable-Cooking

Dandelion and Quince: Exploring the Wide World of Unusual Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs by Michelle McKenzie

Vegetable-Cooking

The Middle Eastern Vegetarian Cookbook by Salma Hage

WINNER

Vegetable-Cooking

The Vegetable Butcher: How to Select, Prep, Slice, Dice, and Masterfully Cook Vegetables from Artichokes to Zucchini by Cara Mangini

Inducted into Cookbook Hall of Fame – Judith Jones