At a conference earlier this week in San Francisco, the International Association of Culinary Professionals announced results in its annual awards program.
Winners in the cookbook categories include:
Cookbook of the Year: Jerusalem: A Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi (Ebury Publishing (UK)/Ten Speed Press (USA)
First Book (the Julia Child Award): The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook by Deborah Perelman (Random House/Alfred A. Knopf)
General: Gran Cocina Latina: The Food of Latin America by Maricel Presilla (W. W. Norton & Co.)
International Jerusalem: A Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi (Ebury Publishing (UK)/Ten Speed Press (USA)
American: Hiroko's American Kitchen: Cooking with Japanese Flavors by Hiroko Shimbo (Andrews McMeel Publishing)
Compilations: La Cucina Italiana Encyclopedia of Italian Cooking by the editors of La Cucina Italiana (Rizzoli)