2008 IACP Award Winners

a list by Peter, the avid reader who runs Flashlight Worthy

Winning an award from either The James Beard Foundation or the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) is about as prestigious as it gets for a cookbook.

Both sets of winners are full of great books... but if forced to choose between the two? I'd take the IACP every time.

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Fish_Forever_The_Definitive_Guide_to_Understanding_Selecting_and_Preparing_Healthy_Delicious_and_Environmentally_Sustainable_Seafood_Cookbook_of_the_Year_AND_Single_Subject');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/076458779X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Fish_Forever_The_Definitive_Guide_to_Understanding_Selecting_and_Preparing_Healthy_Delicious_and_Environmentally_Sustainable_Seafood_Cookbook_of_the_Year_AND_Single_Subject');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/076458779X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Fish Forever: The Definitive Guide to Understanding, Selecting, and Preparing Healthy, Delicious, and Environmentally Sustainable Seafood (Cookbook of the Year AND Single Subject) by Paul Johnson onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Fish_Forever_The_Definitive_Guide_to_Understanding_Selecting_and_Preparing_Healthy_Delicious_and_Environmentally_Sustainable_Seafood_Cookbook_of_the_Year_AND_Single_Subject');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Fish_Forever_The_Definitive_Guide_to_Understanding_Selecting_and_Preparing_Healthy_Delicious_and_Environmentally_Sustainable_Seafood_Cookbook_of_the_Year_AND_Single_Subject');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/076458779X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 448 page hardcover \|$23.07 \|5 reviews This book also appears on The IACP Award's "Cookbook of the Year"


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/The_Pastry_Queen_Christmas_Bighearted_Holiday_Entertaining_Texas_Style_American');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1580087906'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/The_Pastry_Queen_Christmas_Bighearted_Holiday_Entertaining_Texas_Style_American');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1580087906'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">The Pastry Queen Christmas: Big-hearted Holiday Entertaining, Texas Style (American) by Rebecca Rather, Alison Oresman, photography by Laurie Smith onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/The_Pastry_Queen_Christmas_Bighearted_Holiday_Entertaining_Texas_Style_American');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/The_Pastry_Queen_Christmas_Bighearted_Holiday_Entertaining_Texas_Style_American');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1580087906'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 225 page hardcover \|$21.45 \|15 reviews


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Local_Breads_Sourdough_and_WholeGrain_Recipes_from_Europes_Best_Artisan_Bakers_Bread_Other_Baking_and_Sweets');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0393050556'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Local_Breads_Sourdough_and_WholeGrain_Recipes_from_Europes_Best_Artisan_Bakers_Bread_Other_Baking_and_Sweets');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0393050556'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Local Breads: Sourdough and Whole-Grain Recipes from Europe's Best Artisan Bakers (Bread, Other Baking, and Sweets) by Daniel Leader, Lauren Chattman onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Local_Breads_Sourdough_and_WholeGrain_Recipes_from_Europes_Best_Artisan_Bakers_Bread_Other_Baking_and_Sweets');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Local_Breads_Sourdough_and_WholeGrain_Recipes_from_Europes_Best_Artisan_Bakers_Bread_Other_Baking_and_Sweets');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0393050556'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 448 page hardcover \|$23.10 \|11 reviews


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Morimoto_The_New_Art_of_Japanese_Cooking_Chefs_and_Restaurants_AND_The_Julia_Child_Award_for_First_Book');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0756631238'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Morimoto_The_New_Art_of_Japanese_Cooking_Chefs_and_Restaurants_AND_The_Julia_Child_Award_for_First_Book');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0756631238'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Morimoto: The New Art of Japanese Cooking (Chefs and Restaurants AND The Julia Child Award for First Book) by Masaharu Morimoto onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Morimoto_The_New_Art_of_Japanese_Cooking_Chefs_and_Restaurants_AND_The_Julia_Child_Award_for_First_Book');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Morimoto_The_New_Art_of_Japanese_Cooking_Chefs_and_Restaurants_AND_The_Julia_Child_Award_for_First_Book');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0756631238'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 272 page hardcover \|$26.40 \|17 reviews


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Chocolates_and_Confections_Formula_Theory_and_Technique_for_the_Artisan_Confectioner_Compilations');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0764588443'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Chocolates_and_Confections_Formula_Theory_and_Technique_for_the_Artisan_Confectioner_Compilations');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0764588443'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Chocolates and Confections: Formula, Theory, and Technique for the Artisan Confectioner (Compilations) by Peter P. Greweling, The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Chocolates_and_Confections_Formula_Theory_and_Technique_for_the_Artisan_Confectioner_Compilations');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Chocolates_and_Confections_Formula_Theory_and_Technique_for_the_Artisan_Confectioner_Compilations');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0764588443'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 400 page hardcover \|$40.95 \|37 reviews


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Good_Spirits_Recipes_Revelations_Refreshments_and_Romance_Shaken_and_Served_with_a_Twist_Food_Photography_and_Styling');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1558323368'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Good_Spirits_Recipes_Revelations_Refreshments_and_Romance_Shaken_and_Served_with_a_Twist_Food_Photography_and_Styling');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1558323368'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Good Spirits: Recipes, Revelations, Refreshments, and Romance, Shaken and Served with a Twist (Food Photography and Styling) by A.J. Rathbun onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Good_Spirits_Recipes_Revelations_Refreshments_and_Romance_Shaken_and_Served_with_a_Twist_Food_Photography_and_Styling');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Good_Spirits_Recipes_Revelations_Refreshments_and_Romance_Shaken_and_Served_with_a_Twist_Food_Photography_and_Styling');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1558323368'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 496 page hardcover \|$19.77 \|8 reviews


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Food_The_History_of_Taste_Food_ReferenceTechnical');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0520254767'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Food_The_History_of_Taste_Food_ReferenceTechnical');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0520254767'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Food: The History of Taste (Food Reference/Technical) edited by Paul Freedman onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Food_The_History_of_Taste_Food_ReferenceTechnical');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Food_The_History_of_Taste_Food_ReferenceTechnical');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0520254767'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 368 page hardcover \|$26.37 \|4 reviews


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Cook_with_Jamie_My_Guide_to_Making_You_a_Better_Cook_General');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1401322336'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Cook_with_Jamie_My_Guide_to_Making_You_a_Better_Cook_General');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1401322336'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Cook with Jamie: My Guide to Making You a Better Cook (General) by Jamie Oliver onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Cook_with_Jamie_My_Guide_to_Making_You_a_Better_Cook_General');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Cook_with_Jamie_My_Guide_to_Making_You_a_Better_Cook_General');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1401322336'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 448 page hardcover \|$24.75 \|36 reviews


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/How_to_Cook_Everything_Vegetarian_Simple_Meatless_Recipes_for_Great_Food_Health_and_Special_Diets');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0764524836'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/How_to_Cook_Everything_Vegetarian_Simple_Meatless_Recipes_for_Great_Food_Health_and_Special_Diets');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0764524836'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">How to Cook Everything Vegetarian: Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food (Health and Special Diets) by Mark Bittman onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/How_to_Cook_Everything_Vegetarian_Simple_Meatless_Recipes_for_Great_Food_Health_and_Special_Diets');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/How_to_Cook_Everything_Vegetarian_Simple_Meatless_Recipes_for_Great_Food_Health_and_Special_Diets');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0764524836'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 1,008 page hardcover \|$22.05 \|69 reviews This book also appears on 19 Five-Star Vegan Cookbooks


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Julia_Child_Literary_Food_Writing');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0670038393'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Julia_Child_Literary_Food_Writing');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0670038393'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Julia Child (Literary Food Writing) by Laura Shapiro onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Julia_Child_Literary_Food_Writing');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Julia_Child_Literary_Food_Writing');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0670038393'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 208 page hardcover \|$19.55 \|7 reviews


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/The_World_Atlas_of_Wine_Wine_Beer_or_Spirits');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1845333012'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/The_World_Atlas_of_Wine_Wine_Beer_or_Spirits');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1845333012'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">The World Atlas of Wine (Wine, Beer, or Spirits) by Hugh Johnson, Jancis Robinson onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/The_World_Atlas_of_Wine_Wine_Beer_or_Spirits');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/The_World_Atlas_of_Wine_Wine_Beer_or_Spirits');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1845333012'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 400 page hardcover \|$34.65 \|17 reviews


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Beans_A_History_Jane_Grigson_Award_tied_with_below');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1845204301'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Beans_A_History_Jane_Grigson_Award_tied_with_below');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1845204301'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Beans: A History (Jane Grigson Award, tied with below) by Ken Albala onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Beans_A_History_Jane_Grigson_Award_tied_with_below');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Beans_A_History_Jane_Grigson_Award_tied_with_below');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1845204301'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 256 page hardcover \|$16.47 \|7 reviews


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/To_Cork_or_Not_To_Cork_Tradition_Romance_Science_and_the_Battle_for_the_Wine_Bottle_Jane_Grigson_Award_tied_with_above');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0743299345'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/To_Cork_or_Not_To_Cork_Tradition_Romance_Science_and_the_Battle_for_the_Wine_Bottle_Jane_Grigson_Award_tied_with_above');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0743299345'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">To Cork or Not To Cork: Tradition, Romance, Science, and the Battle for the Wine Bottle (Jane Grigson Award, tied with above) by George M. Taber onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/To_Cork_or_Not_To_Cork_Tradition_Romance_Science_and_the_Battle_for_the_Wine_Bottle_Jane_Grigson_Award_tied_with_above');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/To_Cork_or_Not_To_Cork_Tradition_Romance_Science_and_the_Battle_for_the_Wine_Bottle_Jane_Grigson_Award_tied_with_above');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0743299345'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 288 page hardcover \|$18.46 \|4 reviews


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Egg_Design_Award');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/2080305506'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Egg_Design_Award');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/2080305506'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Egg (Design Award) by Patrick Mikanowski, Lyndsay Mikanowski, photography by Grant Symon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Egg_Design_Award');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_IACP_Award_Winners/Egg_Design_Award');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/2080305506'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 192 page hardcover \|price varies \|2 reviews

Finally, "Turquoise" by Greg and Lucy Malouf won in the "International" category. Because Amazon doesn't sell this book, we were unable to list it above.