About the James Beard Foundation Awards, the nation's pre-eminent honors for culinary professionals:
More than 60 awards are given out each spring in the categories of cookbooks, restaurants and chefs, restaurant design, broadcasting, journalism and achievement. Nominees and award winners are selected by their industry peers, with more than 600 culinary professionals involved in the voting process. The cookbooks below won the competition in the categories lised. Visit the
Beard Foundation web site (link).