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Culinary group casts wide net in cookbook awards

April 30, 2008 at 10:01PM

The International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) announced its 2008 award winners at its annual conference last month. Here are the group's picks for the year's top cookbooks:

Cookbook of the Year: "Fish Forever: The Definitive Guide to Understanding, Selecting, and Preparing Healthy, Delicious, and Environmentally Sustainable Seafood," by Paul Johnson (John Wiley & Sons)

American: "The Pastry Queen Christmas: Big-Hearted Holiday Entertaining, Texas Style," by Rebecca Rather, Alison Oresman (Ten Speed Press)

Bread, Other Baking and Sweets: "Local Breads: Sourdough and Whole-Grain Recipes From Europe's Best Artisan Bakers," by Daniel Leader, Lauren Chattman (W.W. Norton & Co.)

Chefs and Restaurants: "Morimoto: The New Art of Japanese Cooking," by Masaharu Morimoto (DK Publishing)

Compilations: "Chocolates and Confections: Formula, Theory, and Techniques for the Artisan Confectioner," by the Culinary Institute of America and Peter P. Greweling, CMB (John Wiley & Sons)

First Book: "Morimoto: The New Art of Japanese Cooking," by Masaharu Morimoto (DK Publishing)

Food Photography and Styling: "Good Spirits: Recipes, Revelations, Refreshments, and Romance, Shaken and Served With a Twist," by Melissa Punch, with styling by Brian Preston-Campbell (Harvard Common Press)

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Food Reference/Technical: "Food: The History of Taste," by Paul Freedman (University of California Press)

General: "Cook With Jamie: My Guide to Making You a Better Cook," by Jamie Oliver (Hyperion Books)

Health and Special Diets: "How to Cook Everything Vegetarian: Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food," by Mark Bittman (John Wiley & Sons)

International: "Turquoise," by Greg and Lucy Malouf (Hardie Grant Books)

Literary Food Writing: "Julia Child," by Laura Shapiro (Viking)

Single Subject: "Fish Forever: The Definitive Guide to Understanding, Selecting, and Preparing Healthy, Delicious, and Environmentally Sustainable Seafood," by Paul Johnson (John Wiley & Sons)

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Wine, Beer or Spirits: "The World Atlas of Wine," by Hugh Johnson, Jancis Robinson (Mitchell Beazley, distributed by Sterling)

Jane Grigson Award (tie): "Beans: A History," by Ken Albala (Berg Publishers) and "To Cork or Not to Cork: Tradition, Romance, Science and the Battle for the Wine Bottle," by George M. Taber (Scribner)

Design Award: "Egg" (Flammarion)

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