BEARD WINNERS
The winners of the 2008 James Beard Foundation Awards include:
Cookbook of the Year: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, "The River Cottage Meat Book"
Cookbook Hall of Fame: Paula Wolfert, "Couscous and Other Good Food From Morocco"
Asian Cooking: Niloufer Ichaporia King, "My Bombay Kitchen: Traditional and Modern Parsi Home Cooking"
Baking and Dessert: Peter Reinhart, "Peter Reinhart's Whole Grain Breads: New Techniques, Extraordinary Flavor"
Cooking From a Professional Point of View: The French Culinary Institute with Judith Choate, "The Fundamental Techniques of Classic Cuisine"
Entertaining: Trish Magwood, "Dish Entertains"
Americana: Jean Anderson, "A Love Affair With Southern Cooking"
General: James Peterson, "Cooking"
Healthy Focus: Jean Harvey-Berino with Joyce Hendley and the editors of EatingWell magazine, "The Eating Well Diet"
International: Anne Willan, "The Country Cooking of France"
Reference: Rowan Jacobsen, "A Geography of Oysters: The Connoisseur's Guide to Oyster Eating in North America"
Single Subject: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, "The River Cottage Meat Book"
Wine and Spirits: David Wondrich, "Imbibe!: From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to 'Professor' Jerry Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar"
Writing on Food: Barbara Kingsolver, "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life"
Photography: Photographer France Ruffenach, "The Country Cooking of France" by Anne Willan
