Beer and beef, wine and chocolate, butter and olive oil - all the good stuff is properly represented among the nominees for the annual James Beard Foundation awards, which are given to cookbook authors, food writers, and chefs in numerous categories. The nominees announced today include three of Amazon's Best Books of the Month picks from 2011, including Blood, Bones & Butter, chosen as one of our Best Books of the Year.
American Cooking
- A New Turn in the South: Southern Flavors Reinvented for Your Kitchen, by Hugh Acheson
- American Flavor, by Andrew Carmellini and Gwen Hyman
- Masala Farm: Stories and Recipes from an Uncommon Life in the Country, by Suvir Saran with Raquel Pelzel and Charlie Burd
Cooking from a Professional Point of View
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The Art of Living According to Joe Beef: A Cookbook of Sorts, by Meredith Erickson, David McMillan, and Frédéric Morin
- Eleven Madison Park: The Cookbook, by Daniel Humm and Will Guidara
- Modernist Cuisine, by Nathan Myhrvold with Chris Young and Maxime Bilet
Baking and Dessert
- Baking Style: Art, Craft, Recipes, by Lisa Yockelson
- Cooking with Chocolate: Essential Recipes and Techniques, edited by Frédéric Bau
- Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home, by Jeni Britton Bauer