Spring is the Season for Cookbook Awards
Both the IACP (International Association of Culinary Professionals) and the James Beard Foundation have announced their finalists for 2008 honors. Each organization features thirteen categories, like Food Reference/Technical, Americana, and Healthy Focus, for publications printed in 2007.
Many of the publications have made both lists like A Love Affair with Southern Cooking by Jean Anderson and Morimoto: The New Art of Japanese Cooking by Masaharu Morimoto (Iron Chef: America). The venerable Jacques Pépin appears on both lists as well but with different books Chez Jacques: Traditions and Rituals of a Cook which is one of three finalists for the James Beard Award for Best General Cookbook and Fast Food My Way is a finalist for the same category from IACP.
The IACP will gather in New Orleans on April 15th through the 19th for its annual conference held at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel, with the award ceremony being held on Saturday the 18th. For more information about the IACP Awards and to view the nominees, visit their web site.
The James Beard Foundation Awards are presented each Spring at Avery Fisher Hall at the Lincoln Center in New York City. The date for this year’s event is Sunday June 8 and a gala reception follows. For more information about the James Beard Foundation Awards and to view the nominees, visit their web site.
