Friday, May 8, 2009
Cooking the Books 'Fat' Sizzles in James Beard Foundation Book Awards
Posted by Jim Ridley on Fri, May 8, 2009 at 10:48 AM
In Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient, with Recipes, Jennifer McLagan makes a case for lipids as an unjustly demonized ingredient, not to mention a wellspring of flavor and pleasure. The James Beard Foundation found it tasty enough to give it Cookbook of the Year honors in its just-announced 2009 Book Awards.
Other major winners include Screen Doors and Sweet Tea: Recipes and Tales from a Southern Cook, by Martha Hall Foose (for American cooking); How to Cook Everything (10th Anniversary Edition), by Mark Bittman (for general cooking); In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, by Michael Pollan (for writing and literature); and Alinea, by Grant Achatz (for cooking from a professional point of view).
A full list of winners can be found here, including chefs and journalism. (A special congratulations to our VVM colleague Kristen Hinman at the St. Louis Riverfront Times, who won an award for her article "The Pope of Pork.") I'd love to hear if anyone has recommendations from the list, or of books they're surprised didn't make it.
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Kristin Hinman's article. "The Pope of Pork" is probably one of the best food articles that I have ever read. Thank you, Mr. Ridley, for the link. How nice to read something that is not so very condensed. It was a joy to read.
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Also, thank you to The Scene for the info on Arnold's winning a James Beard Award.As far as I know, you are the only local media to acknowledge this fact.
just an fyi..
there are 2 new bbq books that just came out and while I have not personally read them, they have been getting great reviews.
Big Bob Gibson's BBQ Book by Chris Lilly
Serious Barbecue: Smoke, Char, Baste, and Brush Your Way to Great Outdoor Cooking by Adam Perry Lang
