Cookbook award winners 2016 from IACP

For more than 25 years, the International Association of Culinary Professionals has promoted cookbooks with its annual competition of culinary literature. The winners for 2016 are:

Cookbook of the year: "The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science," by J. Kenji López-Alt.

American: "The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science," by J. Kenji López-Alt.

Baking, savory or sweet: "The Everyday Baker," by Abigail Johnson Dodge.

Chefs and restaurants: "Tacos: Recipes and Provocations," by Alex Stupak and Jordana Rothman.

Children, youth and family: "Dinner at Home," by JeanMarie Brownson.

Compilations:  "Food52 Genius Recipes: 100 Recipes That Will Change the Way You Cook," by Kristen Miglore.

Julia Child first book: "Phoenix Claws and Jade Trees: Essential Techniques of Authentic Chinese Cooking," by Kian Lam Kho.

Food matters: "The Occidental Arts and Ecology Center Cookbook," by the OAEC Collective with Olivia Rathbone.

General: "The Picnic: Recipes and Inspiration From Basket to Blanket," by Marnie Hanel, Andrea Slonecker and Jen Stevenson.

Health and special diet: "Fast Food, Good Food: More Than 150 Quick and Easy Ways to Put Healthy, Delicious Food on the Table," by Andrew Weil.

International: "Anatolia: Adventures in Turkish Cooking," by Somer Sivrioglu and David Dale.

Photography: "Foster's Market Favorites," photographed by Peter Frank Edwards (authors Sara Foster and Emily Wallace) and "What Katie Ate on the Weekend," photographed and written by Katie Quinn Davies.

Reference and technical: "Tacopedia," by Deborah Holtz and Juan Carlos Mena.

Single subject:  "Vegetarian India: A Journey Through the Best of Indian Home Cooking," by Madhur Jaffrey.

Wine, beer and spirits: "The Beer Bible," by Jeff Alworth, and "Napa Valley, Then & Now," by Kelli A. White.

Design award: "Pierre Hermé Macarons: The Ultimate Recipes From the Master Pâtissier," by Pierre Hermé.

Judge's choice: "Ingredients: A Visual Exploration of 75 Additives & 25 Food Products," by Steve Ettlinger and Dwight Eschliman.

People's choice: "Foster's Market Favorites," by Sara Foster and Emily Wallace.