The International Association of Culinary Professionals held its annual conference in Portland, Ore., last week. The conference culminated with an awards ceremony, where 20 cookbooks were honored. Some of the biggest names in cookbooks landed in the winner's circle: baking powerhouse Rose Levy Beranbaum took home the prize for best baking book and best cookbook of the year, and Thomas Keller's Ad Hoc at Home won for best chef and restaurant book. But a few little guys won, too, with an upset in the "general cookbook" category as Stephanie Alexander's Kitchen Garden Companion, an Australian title which is currently selling on Amazon for $132, beat out Get Cooking by Mollie Katzen, whose Moosewood Cookbook still captivates readers 30 years after its original publication. And a somewhat obscure book won the people's choice award: The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen: Nourishing, Big-Flavor Recipes for Cancer Treatment and Recovery by Rebecca Katz and Mat Edelson (Celestial Arts), which PW gave a starred review to. Read on for the complete list of winners.
American
My New Orleans: The Cookbook by John Besh (Andrews McMeel)
Baking: Savory or Sweet
Rose's Heavenly Cakes by Rose Levy Beranbaum (Wiley)
Chefs and Restaurants
Ad Hoc at Home by Thomas Keller and Dave Cruz (Artisan)
Children, Youth and Family
Williams-Sonoma Family Meals by Maria Helm Sinskey (Oxmoor House)
Compilation
Gourmet Today by Ruth Reichl (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Culinary History
Of Sugar and Snow: A History of Ice Cream Making by Jeri Quinzio (Univ. of California)
First Book: The Julia Child Award (The KitchenAid Award)
The New Portuguese Table: Exciting Flavors from Europe's Western Coast by David Leite (Clarkson Potter)
Food Photography and Styling
Williams-Sonoma Cooking for Friends by Alison Attenborough and Jamie Kimm (Oxmoor House)
Food and Beverage Reference/Technical
The Fundamental Techniques of Classic Pastry Arts by the French Culinary Institute (Abrams)
General (The Eat Your Books Award)
Stephanie Alexander's Kitchen Garden Companion by Stephanie Alexander (Penguin Group Australia)
Health and Special Diet
The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen: Nourishing, Big-Flavor Recipes for Cancer Treatment and Recovery by Rebecca Katz and Mat Edelson (Celestial Arts)
International (The Le Cordon Bleu Award)
Mastering the Art of Chinese Cooking by Eileen Yin-Fei Lo (Chronicle)
Literary Food Writing (The Cuisinart Award)
Waste by Tristram Stuart (Norton)
Professional Kitchens
Baking and Pastry: Mastering the Art and Craft 2nd Ed. by the Culinary Institute of America (Wiley)
Single Subject
Go Fish by Al Brown (Random House New Zealand)
Wine, Beer or Spirits
World Whiskey by Charles Maclean (DK)
Design (two winners)
Thai Street Food by David Thompson (Penguin Group Australia)
Snowflakes and Schnapps by Jane Lawson (Murdoch Books)
People's Choice
The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen: Nourishing, Big-Flavor Recipes for Cancer Treatment and Recovery by Rebecca Katz and Mat Edelson (Celestial Arts)
Cookbook of the Year
Rose's Heavenly Cakes by Rose Levy Beranbaum (Wiley)
This story originally appeared in Cooking the Books, PW's e-newsletter for cookbooks.
