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Recently, the 2011 James Beard Foundation Awards nominees for the best cookbook published in English in 2010 were announced. The winners of each category, Cookbook of the Year, and The Cookbook Hall of Fame Inductee will be declared on May 6, 2011. Check out some of the cookbook nominees that are available from the Milwaukee Public Library.
American Cooking
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• The Food, Folklore and Art of Lowcountry Cooking by Joseph E. Dabney
• The Frankies Spuntino Kitchen Companion & Cooking Manual by Frank Castronovo, Frank Falcinelli, and Peter Meehan
• Pig: King of the Southern Table by James Villas

Baking and Dessert

• Good to the Grain: Baking with Whole-Grain Flours by Kim Boyce
• My Sweet Mexico: Recipes for Authentic Pastries, Breads, Candies, Beverages and Frozen Treats by Fany Gerson
• Sarabeth's Bakery: From My Hands to Yours by Sarabeth Levine

General Cooking

• The Essential New York Times Cook Book: Classic Recipes for a New Century by Amanda Hesser
• Heart of the Artichoke and Other Kitchen Journeys by David Tanis
• Radically Simple: Brilliant Flavors with Breathtaking Ease by Rozanne Gold

Healthy Focus

• The Simple Art of EatingWell Cookbook by Jessie Price & The EatingWell Test Kitchen
• The Very Best of Recipes for Health: 250 Recipes with More from the Popular Feature on NYTimes.com by Martha Rose Shulman

International

• Oaxaca al Gusto: An Infinite Gastronomy by Diana Kennedy
• Stir Frying to the Sky's Edge: The Ultimate Guide to Master, with Authentic Recipes and Stories by Grace Young

Photography

• The Blue Chair Jam Cookbook by Rachel Saunders. Photographer Sara Remington
• Tartine Bread by Chad Robertson. Photographer Eric Wolfinger

Reference and Scholarship

• Salted: A Manifesto on the World's Most Essential Mineral, with Recipes by Mark Bitterman
• What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets by Faith D'Aluisio and Peter Menzel

For a full list of nominees please see the James Beard Foundation website http://www.jbfawards.com/2011/pdf/jbf-nominees.pdf

Submitted by Rebecca@Central