Cookbooks of the Year, Revisited

In my haste to post the information about the 2011 Cookbooks of the Year yesterday, I didn't do a thorough search through the list to see which books we already had, here in Newman.  Turns out, we have quite a few.  So, if you're interested in trying out a 2011 Cookbook of the Year (or Finalist), check out this list, with titles linked to the Addison records:

• The Essential New York Times Cookbook
• The Southern Foodways Alliance Community Cookbook
• Culinary Ephemera:  An Illustrated  History
• 97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement
• American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Nearly Half of its Food (and What we can Do About It)
• The Wild Table
• Food Matters Cookbook
• As Always, Julia:  The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto:  Food, Friendship, and the Making of  Masterpiece
• Taste Buds and Molecules:  The Art and Science of Food with Wine
• Exploring Wine (3rd ed.)

2011 Cookbooks of the Year

It seems that the International Association of Culinary Professionals has just announced its cookbook award winners for 2011.  According to the IACP website, 2011 represents the 25th anniversary of these cookbook awards, and that these awards represent "the gold standard for culinary publishing."  I had no idea that this group even existed, but now I'll definitely be using their lists to help me decide which new cookbooks we should be adding to Newman's circulating cookbook collection!

You can view the entire list of IACP 2011 Cookbook Award Winners, but a few of the big winners for this year are listed below.  Although you may not see some of these in Addison YET, you better believe that I'll be purchasing some of them!  And, remember, if you come across any cookbooks, or books in general, that you'd like to see added to the library's collection, just send me an email or suggest an item for purchase via the official form!
      

Winner in the American category

Winner in the Compilations category

Winner in the Chefs and Restaurants category

Winner in the Baking:  Savory or Sweet category