[Sca-cooks] 2005 Cookbook Awards: James Beard winners

[Johnna Holloway]

The James Beard Awards were announced on 05/02/05.

Baking and Desserts: A BLESSING OF BREAD: RECIPES AND RITUALS, MEMORIES 
AND MITZVAH
Author: Maggie Glezer Publisher: Artisan

Cooking from a Professional Point of View
JOHN ASH COOKING ONE ON ONE: PRIVATE LESSONS IN SIMPLE, CONTEMPORARY 
FOOD FROM A MASTER TEACHER
Authors: John Ash and Amy Mintzer Publisher: Clarkson Potter

Entertaining SERENA, FOOD & STORIES
Serena Bass by Stewart, Tabori & Chang

Focus on Health
THE NEW MAYO CLINIC COOKBOOK
Foreword: Donald Hensrud, M.D., Jennifer Nelson, R.D. Recipes: Maureen 
Callahan, R.D & Cheryl Forberg, R.D.
Publisher: Oxmoor House

The category Food of the Americas went to---

FOODS OF THE AMERICAS: NATIVE RECIPES AND TRADITIONS
Authors: Fernando and Marlene Divina Publisher: Ten Speed Press

Best General went to: WEIR COOKING IN THE CITY
Author: Joanne Weir Publisher: Simon & Schuster

International went to PROVENCE COOKBOOK
Author: Patricia Wells Publisher: HarperCollins

Single Subject: ALL ABOUT BRAISING
Author: Molly Stevens
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company

Vegetarian went to
OLIVE TREES AND HONEY: A TREASURY OF VEGETARIAN RECIPES FROM JEWISH 
COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD
Author: Gil Marks
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Wine and Spirits went to SCOTCH WHISKY
Author: Charles MacLean
Publisher: Cassell Illustrated

Writing on Food went to
LAST CHANCE TO EAT
Author: Gina Mallet
Publisher: W.W. Norton
which beat out Jack Turner's work on Spices.

Cookbook Hall of Fame went to
THE GREAT SCANDINAVIAN BAKING BOOK
Author: Beatrice Ojakangas
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Cookbook of the Year went to:
RICK STEIN’S COMPLETE SEAFOOD
Author: Rick Stein
Publisher: Ten Speed Press

Best Photography: BOUCHON
Photographer: Deborah Jones
Publisher: Artisan

BEST REFERENCE BOOK:
ON FOOD AND COOKING
Author: Harold McGee
Publisher: Scribner

which beat out Any Smith's two volume work
OXFORD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FOOD AND DRINK IN AMERICA
and also THE COMPLEAT SQUASH: A PASSIONATE GROWER’S GUIDE TO PUMPKINS, 
SQUASH, AND GOURDS
Author: Amy Goldman

http://www.jamesbeard.org/awards/awards.php?year=2005&category=1#403

Johnnae llyn Lewis