Reading Copy Book Blog

The James Beard Awards, which have been deemed “the Oscars of the food world,” were given out recently. Jean Anderson, author of more than 20 cookbooks was awarded the title of best Americana cook book for A Love Affair with Southern Cooking.

Anderson isn’t as well known as the cleavage-baring stove bunnies and profanity-slinging chefs who appear on television. Early on, she realized her future would not be in TV. Years ago, she did two segments on a Greensboro station: one on canning peaches (she canned the peach pits by mistake) and the other about roasting turkeys (she basted the camera lens).

From the Myrtle Beach Sun News

Other winners included:
Cookbook of the Year
The River Cottage Meat Book by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Cookbook Hall of Fame
Couscous and Other Good Food from Morocco by Paula Wolfert

Asian Cooking
My Bombay Kitchen: Traditional and Modern Parsi Home Cooking by Niloufer Ichaporia King

Baking and DessertPeter Reinhart’s Whole Grain Breads: New Techniques, Extraordinary Flavor by Peter Reinhart

General
Cooking by James Peterson

Wine and Spirits
Imbibe!: From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to “Professor” Jerry Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar by David Wondrich

Best Food Porn (aka Photography)
The Country Cooking of France Photographer: France Ruffenach

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