Monday night was a twofer for Judy Rodgers at the James Beard Foundation Awards in New York.
The "Zuni Cafe Cookbook" by Rodgers was named the KitchenAid Cookbook of the Year, and her restaurant was named the S. Pellegrino Outstanding Restaurant.
Other cookbook winners and their categories:
Americana -- "Foods of the Southwest Indian Nations" by Lois Ellen Frank.
Baking -- "Baking in America" by Greg Patent.
General Cooking for Every Day -- "Local Flavors" by Deborah Madison.
General Cooking from a Professional Point of View -- "Zuni Cafe Cookbook."
International -- "Thai Food" by David Thompson.
Literary -- "Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health" by Marion Nestle.
Mediterranean -- "Glorious French Food" by James Peterson.
Reference -- "I'm Just Here for the Food" by Alton Brown.
Single Subject -- "The Flavors of Olive Oil" by Deborah Krasner.
Tools & Techniques -- "Process This!" by Jean Anderson.
Vegetarian/Heathy Focus -- "Passionate Vegetarian" by Crescent Dragonwagon.
Wine & Spirits -- "Michael Broadbent's Vintage Wine" by Michael Broadbent.
Photography -- tie: "The Anatomy of a Dish" by photographer Victor Schrager and "Belinda Jefferey's Tried and True Recipes" by Rodney Weiland.
Only two books, Anderson's "Process This!" and Nestle's "Food Politics," cost less than $30.
Suzanne Martinson can be reached at smartinson@post-gazette.com or 412-263-1760.
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