2012 James Beard Foundation Book Awards Presented by Green & Black’s Organic Chocolate For cookbooks published in English in 2011. Winners will be announced May 4, 2012. American Cooking Cooking from a Professional Point of View A New Turn in the South: The Art of Living According to Joe Beef: A Cookbook of Sorts Southern Flavors Reinvented for Your Kitchen by Meredith Erickson, David McMillan, and Frédéric Morin by Hugh Acheson (Ten Speed Press) (Clarkson Potter) Eleven Madison Park: The Cookbook American Flavor by Daniel Humm and Will Guidara by Andrew Carmellini and Gwen Hyman (Little, Brown and Company) (Ecco) Modernist Cuisine Masala Farm: Stories and Recipes from by Nathan Myhrvold with Chris Young and Maxime Bilet an Uncommon Life in the Country (The Cooking Lab) by Suvir Saran with Raquel Pelzel and Charlie Burd (Chronicle Books) General Cooking Baking and Dessert My Family Table: A Passionate Plea for Home Cooking by John Besh Baking Style: Art, Craft, Recipes (Andrews McMeel Publishing) by Lisa Yockelson (John Wiley & Sons) Ruhlman’s Twenty by Michael Ruhlman Cooking with Chocolate: Essential Recipes and Techniques (Chronicle Books) edited by Frédéric Bau (Flammarion) The Splendid Table’s How to Eat Weekends by Lynne Rossetto Kasper and Sally Swift Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home (Clarkson Potter) by Jeni Britton Bauer (Artisan) Focus on Health Beverage Comfort Food Fix: Feel-Good Favorites Made Healthy by Ellie Krieger An Ideal Wine: One Generation’s Pursuit (John Wiley & Sons) of Perfection–and Profit–in California by David Darlington The Intolerant Gourmet: Glorious Food Without Gluten & Lactose (Harper) by Barbara Kafka (Artisan) Bitters: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-all, with Cocktails, Recipes, & Formulas Super Natural Every Day: Well-Loved Recipes from My Natural by Brad Thomas Parsons Foods Kitchen (Ten Speed Press) by Heidi Swanson (Ten Speed Press) The Oxford Companion to Beer edited by Garrett Oliver (Oxford University Press) 2012 James Beard Foundation Awards Nominees International Writing and Literature The Country Cooking of Italy Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education by Colman Andrews of a Reluctant Chef (Chronicle Books) by Gabrielle Hamilton (Random House) The Food of Morocco by Paula Wolfert Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, Love, and War (Ecco) by Annia Ciezadlo (Free Press) The Food of Spain by Claudia Roden Extra Virginity (Ecco) by Tom Mueller (W.W. Norton & Company) Photography The winner of Cookbook of the Year and the Cookbook Hall of Fame The Cheesemonger’s Kitchen inductee will be announced on May 4, 2012. Photographer: Joseph De Leo (Chronicle Books) 2012 James Beard Foundation Broadcast Media Awards Notes from a Kitchen: A Journey Inside Culinary Obsession Presented by Lenox Tableware and Gifts Artist/Photographer: Jeff Scott (Tatroux) For television, webcast, and radio programs aired in 2011. Winners will be announced on May 4, 2012 Rustica: A Return to Spanish Home Cooking Photographer: Alan Benson Radio Show/Audio Webcast (Chronicle Books) Fear of Frying: Culinary Nightmares Host: Nina Barrett Reference and Scholarship Area: WBEZ Producer: Aurora Aguilar The Art of Beef Cutting: A Meat Professional’s Guide to Butchering and Merchandising From Bread Lines to Revolution: The Role of Food by Kari Underly in the Arab Uprisings (John Wiley & Sons) Host: Jerome McDonnell Area: WBEZ The Food Lover’s Guide to Wine Producers: Alexandra Salomon and Joe Linstroth by Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg (Little, Brown and Company) The Sporkful Hosts: Dan Pashman and Mark Garrison Turning the Tables: Restaurants and the Rise of the American Area: Online Middle Class, 1880–1920 Producers: Dan Pashman and Mark Garrison by Andrew P. Haley (The University of North Carolina Press) Special/Documentary (Television or Video Webcast) Single Subject A Matter of Taste: Serving Up Paul Liebrandt All About Roasting Network: HBO by Molly Stevens Producers: Sally Rowe, Rachel Mills, and Alan Oxman (W.W. Norton & Company) Lidia Celebrates America: Holiday Tables and Traditions Odd Bits: How to Cook the Rest of the Animal Network: PBS by Jennifer McLagan Producers: Lidia Bastianich, Laurie Donnelly, Joshua Seftel, and (Ten Speed Press) Caroline Suh Plenty: Vibrant Vegetable Recipes from London’s Ottolenghi by Yotam Ottolenghi (Chronicle Books) 2012 James Beard Foundation Awards Nominees Sky Full of Bacon Video Webcast Host: Michael Gebert Network: Skyfullofbacon.com eatTV with Jamie Tiampo Producer: Michael Gebert eatTV.com Host: Jamie Tiampo Television Program, in Studio or Fixed Location Producers: Suzanne Glickstein, Jimmy McCoy, and Jamie Tiampo Chopped Food. Curated. Host: Ted Allen Foodcurated.com Network: Food Network Host: Liza Mosquito de Guia Producers: Linda Lea, Dave Noll, and Vivian Sorenson Producer: Liza Mosquito De Guia Essential Pépin Paul Willis Host: Jacques Pépin chipotle.com/en-us/fwi/videos/videos.aspx?v=3 Network: PBS Producers: Lyn Jenkins and Sarah Rosenberg Producer: Tina Salter Simply Ming Media Personality/Host Host: Ming Tsai (Television or Video Webcast) Network: PBS Producers: Laurie Donnelly, Julia Harrison, and Ming Tsai Host: Ted Allen Show: Chopped Network: Food Network Television Program, On Location Host: Sara Moulton A Taste of History Show: Sara’s Weeknight Meals Host: Walter Staib Network: PBS Network: PBS Producer: Multi Media Productions, inc. Host: Ina Garten Show: Barefoot Contessa Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern Network: Food Network Host: Andrew Zimmern Network: Travel Channel 2012 James Beard Foundation Design Producer: Andrew Zimmern and Graphics Awards The Wild Within Winners will be announced on May 7, 2012. Host: Steven Rinella Network: Travel Channel Producers: Christopher Collins, Steven Rinella, Outstanding Restaurant Design Travis Shakespeare, Craig Shepherd, and Lydia Tenaglia For the best restaurant design or renovation in North America since January 1, 2009 Television Segment Design Firm: Design Bureaux, Inc. Designer: Thomas Schlesser ABC News Nightline Project: DBGB Kitchen and Bar, New York City Hosts: John Berman and Neal Karlinsky Network: ABC Design Firm: Bentel & Bentel Architects Producer: Sarah Rosenberg Project: Le Bernardin, New York City CBS News Sunday Morning Design Firm: Glen & Company Host: Martha Teichner Designer: Glen Coben Network: CBS Project: Romera, New York City Producers: Lauren Barnello, Jon Carras, Edward Forgotson, Patrick Lee, and David Small The Hungry Hound Host: Steve Dolinsky Network: WLS-TV (ABC 7) Chicago, Online Producer: Badriyyah Waheed 2012 James Beard Foundation Awards Nominees Outstanding Restaurant Graphics Food Coverage In a Food-Focused Publication For the best restaurant graphics executed in North America Bon Appétit since January 1, 2009 Adam Rapoport Design Firm: Pandiscio Co. Gilt Taste Designer: Richard Pandiscio Jennifer Pelka Project: The Americano at Hôtel Americano, New York City Saveur Design Firm: Common Space Studio James Oseland Designer: Jon Santos Project: The Dutch, New York City Food Coverage in a General-Interest Publication Design Firm: Air Conditioned Designer: Clive Piercy Lesley Bargar Suter Project: Farmshop, Santa Monica, CA Los Angeles “Chinese Food in L.A.,” “Breakfast In L.A.,” “Food Lovers Guide” 2012 James Beard Foundation Kendra Nordin Journalism Awards The Christian Science Monitor “The Big Stir” For articles published in English in 2011. Winners will be announced on May 4, 2012. Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld New York “Taxonomy: A Falafel in Every Pita,” “Butternut’s Just the Cooking, Recipes, or Instruction Beginning,” “The Greatest Thing Since …” Mary Allen Perry Food Culture and Travel Southern Living Collection of Best Southern Recipes, 2011: “Nuts about Pecans,” Lauren Collins “The Ultimate Southern Thanksgiving Cookbook,” “12 Ways to Food & Wine Show your Holiday Hospitality” “Lyon Tamer” Stephen Scoble Fuchsia Dunlop Food & Wine The Financial Times “Art of Summer Cooking: Best Recipes & Style” “Global Menu: Kicking Up a Stink” Anna Thomas Jason Sheehan EatingWell Gilt Taste “The Soup for Life” “The Birth of the Atomic Cheeseburger” Environment, Food Politics, and Policy Food-Related Columns Brett Anderson Josh Ozersky The Times-Picayune Time.com “New Orleans Family Oyster Company Sees Only Dark Days “The Tyranny of Meals,” “Why the Demise of Friendly’s is Bad for Ahead,” “One Year After Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Collins Family America,” “A Good Mozzarella is Hard to Find” Tries to Hang Onto 90-Year-Old Oyster Business” Kevin Pang Barry Estabrook Chicago Tribune Gastronomica “Hole in My Heart,” “Supper Club Culture,” “So Sue Me” “The Other Side of the Valley” Lettie Teague Ben Paynter The Wall Street Journal Fast Company On Wine: Lettie Teague: “Drink, Memory: How to Remember “The Sweet Science” That Wine;” “In Praise of the One-Cabernet Lunch;” “May I Recommend: Lessons of Great Sommeliers” 2012 James Beard Foundation Awards Nominees Group Food Blog Poor Man’s Feast Elissa Altman The Epi-Log Poormansfeast.com Tanya Steel “Craving the Food of Depravity” Epicurious.com/articlesguides/blogs/editor Nona Brooklyn - What’s Good Today? Personal Essay Peter Hobbs Nonabrooklyn.com Cal Fussman Esquire.com The Salt: NPR’s Food Blog “Drinking at 1,300 Ft: A 9/11 Story About Wine and Wisdom” Maria Godoy NPR.org/blogs/thesalt Gabrielle Hamilton Bon Appétit “Blood, Bones & Baked Eggplant” Health and Well-Being Anna Stoessinger Janet Rausa Fuller The New York Times Chicago Sun-Times “I Won’t Have the Stomach for This” “Starting from Scratch” Maureen O’Hagan Profile