Cookbook Awards 2007 Winners

2007 IACP COOKBOOK OF THE YEAR

What to Drink with What You Eat:
The definitive guide to pairing food with wine, beer, spirits, coffee, tea - even water - based on expert advice from America's best sommeliers.

Authors: Andrew Dornenburg & Karen Page
Publisher: Bulfinch Press
Editor:Michael Sand

American Category:
Cookbooks that focus on ethnic, cultural, or regional cooking in the United States of America.

The Lee Brothers Southern Cookbook:
Stories and recipes for southerners and would-be southerners

Authors: Matt Lee & Ted Lee
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Editor:: Maria Guarnaschelli

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Bread, Other Baking and Sweets Category:
Cookbooks that focus on desserts, confections, and sweets or savory pastries or doughs.

Bread Matters:
The sorry state of modern bread and a definitive guide to baking your own

Author: Andrew Whitley
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Editor:: Louise Haines

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Chefs and Restaurants Category:
California Table Grapes Award
Cookbooks by or about chefs, collections of recipes from chefs, or books that focus on the cuisine of a specific restaurant.

Allegra McEvedy's Colour Cookbook

Author: Allegra McEvedy
Publisher: Kyle Cathie Ltd
Editor:: Sophie Allen

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Compilations Category
Cookbooks compirsed of material previously published in another format, or compiled by a staff of writers or Editors.

All-New Complete Cooking Light Cookbook

Authors: Cooking Light magazine and book Editor:s
Publisher: Oxmoor House
Editor:: Anne C. Cain

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First Book Category: The Julia Child Award
The first cookbook by a writer who has not previously authored or co-authored a cookbook.

The Lee Brothers Southern Cookbook:
Stories and recipes for southerners and would-be southerners

Authors: Matt Lee & Ted Lee
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Editor: Maria Guarnaschelli

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Food Reference/Technical Category: (tie)
Reference books of culinary terms, histories, techniques or ingredients.

Modern Garde Manger

Authors: Robert Garlough and Angus Campbell
Publisher: Thomson Delmar Learning
Editor:: Matthew Hart

The Spice and Herb Bible, Second Edition

Author: Ian Hemphill
Publisher: Robert Rose Inc
Editor:: Sue Sumeraj

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General Category:
Multiple subject books, all-purpose cookbooks and personal recipe collections.

The Improvisational Cook

Author: Sally Schneider
Publisher: HarperCollins
Editor:: Harriet Bell

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Health and Special Diet Category:
Cookbooks that focus on healthful eating, nutrition, dietary concerns, and special or restrictive diets.

Lunch Lessons: changing the way we feed our children

Authors: Ann Cooper and Lisa M. Holmes
Publisher: HarperCollins
Editor:: Mary Ellen O'Neill

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International Category:
The Le Cordon Bleu Award
Cookbooks that focus on particular geographical regions or cultural identities outside the United States of America.

Cradle of Flavor:
Home cooking from the spice islands of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore

Author: James Oseland
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Editor:: Maria Guarnaschelli

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Literary Food Writing Category: The Cuisinart Award
Non-fiction or fiction food or beverage books that are distinguished by the quality of their prose.

My Life in France

Authors: Julia Child and Alex Prud'homme
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Editor:: Judith Jones

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Single Subject Category
Cookbooks that focus on specific foods, cooking methods, techniques or appliances.

A Passion for Ice Cream: 95 recipes for fabulous desserts

Author: Emily Luchetti
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Editor:: Bill LeBlond

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Wine, Beer or Spirits Category
Books on the history, evaluation or production of alcoholic beverages; mixology; or serving or pairing with food.

What to Drink with What You Eat:
The definitive guide to pairing food with wine, beer, spirits, coffee, tea - even water - based on expert advice from America's best sommeliers

Author: Andrew Dornenburg
Karen Page
Publisher: Bulfinch Press
Editor:: Michael Sand

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The Design Award
Recognizing creativity and innovation in design.

Au Pied De Cochon: the album

Authors: Martin Picard and Jean-Francois Boily
Publisher: Self Published

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The Jane Grigson Award
Recognizes distinguished Scholarship in the quality of its research and presentation.

Memories of Philippine Kitchens:
Stories and recipes from far and near

Authors: Amy Besa and Romy Dorotan
Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang
Editor:: Marisa Bulzone

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Food Photography and Styling
For food photography and styling that clearly, accurately and artistically represents the book's recipes or cooking techniques, enhances, the text with stimulating visual images and reflects the overall tone of the book.

Simple Chinese Cooking

Photographer: Earl Carter
Publisher: Penguin Group - Australia
Editor:: Alison Cowan

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