Beard announces cookbook winners

Get out your checkbook. The James Beard Foundation announced the results of its cookbook awards Friday — as well as broadcast and journalism awards (restaurants/chefs to be announced Monday night) — and the winning cookbooks could use a place on your shelf.

Cookbook of the Year: "Modernist Cuisine," by Nathan Myhrvold with Chris Young and Maxime Bilet.

Cookbook Hall of Fame: Laurie Colwin for "Home Cooking" and "More Home Cooking."

American Cooking: "A New Turn in the South: Southern Flavors Reinvented for Your Kitchen," by Hugh Acheson.

Baking and Dessert: "Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams at Home," by Jeni Britton Bauer.

Beverage: "Bitters: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All, with Cocktails, Recipes, & Formulas," by Brad Thomas Parsons.

Cooking from a Professional Point of View: "Modernist Cuisine," by Nathan Myhrvold with Chris Young and Maxime Bilet.

Focus on Health: "Super Natural Every Day: Well-Loved Recipes from My Natural Foods Kitchen," by Heidi Swanson.

International: "The Food of Morocco," by Paula Wolfert.

Photography: "Notes from a Kitchen: A Journey Inside Culinary Obsession," artist/photographer: Jeff Scott.

Reference and scholarship: "Turning the Tables: Restaurants and the Rise of the American Middle Class, 1880–1920," by Andrew P. Haley.

Single Subject: "All About Roasting," by Molly Stevens.

The James Beard Foundation, founded in 1986, celebrates and preserves America's culinary tradition.

For the winners in the broadcast, journalism and restaurant/chef awards, see www.jamesbeard.org.