James Beard Foundation Cookbook of the Year

The James Beard Foundation Cookbook of the Year

The James Beard Foundation Awards recognize culinary professionals for excellence and achievement in their field. The Awards are presented by The James Beard Foundation, a not-for-profit charitable organization dedicated to furthering the appreciation and practice of fine food and beverage. The James Beard Foundation Awards were established in 1990 through the merging of the two most prominent culinary awards in North America at the time: The R.T. French Tastemaker Cookbook Awards and the Who's Who of Food and Beverage in America.

For more information see: The James Beard Foundation Book Awards

2020 Winner

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The James Beard Foundation Cookbook of the Year

T he Whole Fish Cookbook: New Ways to Cook, Eat and Think

Cocktail Codex

T he Cooking Gene

Victuals: An Appalachian Journey, with Recipes

Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking

Yucatán: Recipes from a Culinary Expedition

Historic Heston

Gran Cocina Latina: The Food of Latin America

Modernist Cuisine

Oaxaca Al Gusto: an Infinite Gastronomy

Country Cooking of Ireland

Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient, with Recipes

The River Cottage Meat Book

The Lee Bros. Southern Cookbook

Hungry Planet: What the World Eats

Rick Stein's Complete Seafood

The King Arthur Flour Baker's Companion

The Zuni Cafe Cookbook

The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread

Hot Sour Salty Sweet

A Mediterranean Feast

Smokehouse Ham, Spoon Bread & Scuppernong Wine

The New Making of a Cook

The Book of Jewish food

Flatbreads and Flavors: A Baker's Atlas

Chocolate and the Art of Low-Fat Desserts

A Taste of the Far East

The Splendid Table: Recipes from Emilia-Romagna, the Heartland of Northern Italian Food

Sauces: Classical and Contemporary Sauce Making

Cocolat: Extraordinary Chocolate Desserts

Award Winners