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Book of the Year

	WINNER:
	'Desserts by Pierre Hermé' Pierre Hermé and Dorie Greenspan, Little, Brown & Company

American

	WINNER:
	'Every Grain of Rice: A Taste of Our Chinese Childhood in America'

• "Culinaria: The United States: A Culinary Discovery
  Randi Danforth, Könemann Publishers.
• "Every Grain of Rice: A Taste of Our Chinese Childhood in America"
  Ellen Blonder and Annabel Low, Clarkson Potter/Publishers
• "The Yellow Farmhouse Cookbook"
  Christopher Kimball, Little, Brown and Company

Bread, Other Baking and Sweets

	WINNER:
	'Chocolate: From Simple Cookies to Extravagant Showstoppers'

• "Bernard Clayton's Complete Book of Small Breads: More Than 100 Recipes for Rolls, Buns, Biscuits, Flatbreads, Muffins and Other Small Breads From Around the World"
  Bernard Clayton Jr., Simon & Schuster
• "Chocolate: From Simple Cookies to Extravagant Showstoppers"
  Nick Malgieri, HarperCollins Publishers Inc.
• "Great Pies & Tarts"
  Carole Walter, Clarkson Potter/Publishers

Chefs and Restaurants

	WINNER:
	'Desserts by Pierre Hermé'

• "Desserts by Pierre Hermé"
  Pierre Hermé and Dorie Greenspan, Little, Brown & Company
• "Jean-Georges: Cooking at Home with a Four-Star Chef"
  Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Mark Bittman, Broadway Books
• "Le Bernardin Cookbook: Four-Star Simplicity"
  Maguy Le Coze and Eric Ripert, Doubleday

First Book

	WINNER:
	'The Vintner's Table Cookbook'

• "Every Grain of Rice: A Taste of Our Chinese Childhood in America"
  Ellen Blonder and Annabel Low, Clarkson Potter/Publishers
• "A Treasury of Jewish Holiday Baking"
  Marcy Goldman, Doubleday
• "The Vintner's Table Cookbook"
  Mary Evely, Simi Winery

Food Reference/Technical Category

	WINNER:
	'The Perfect Recipe: Getting It Right Every Time - Making Our Favorite Dishes the Absolute Best They Can Be'

• "Dining Out: Secrets from America's Leading Critics, Chefs, and Restaurateurs"
  Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• "The Dictionary of Italian Food and Drink: An A-to-Z Guide with 2,300 Authentic Definitions and 50 Classic Recipes"
  John Mariani, Broadway Books
• "The Perfect Recipe: Getting It Right Every Time -- Making Our Favorite Dishes the Absolute Best They Can Be"
  Pam Anderson, Houghton Mifflin Company

General Category

	WINNER:
	'How to Cook Everything'

• "How to Cook Everything"
  Mark Bittman, Macmillan
• "Nathalie Dupree's Comfortable Entertaining"
  Nathalie Dupree, Penguin Putnam Inc.
• "Real-Life Entertaining"
  Donata Maggipinto, Clarkson Potter/Publishers

Design

	WINNER:
	'Food & Friends - A Chef's Gastronomic Journey Through France & Italy' Photographer, Serge Dansereau; Designer, Kate Mitchell; HarperCollins, Australia

Health and Special Diet:

	WINNER:
	'The Mayo Clinic Williams-Sonoma Cookbook: Simple Solutions for Eating Well'

• "The French Culinary Institute's Salute to Healthy Cooking: From America's Foremost French Chefs"
  Alain Sailhac, Jacques Pépin, André Soltner and Jacques Torres,
  Rodale Press Inc.
• "The Mayo Clinic Williams-Sonoma Cookbook: Simple Solutions for Eating Well"
  John Phillip Carroll, Time-Life Books
• "Steven Raichlen's Healthy Latin Cooking: 200 Sizzling Recipes from Mexico, Cuba, Caribbean, Brazil, and Beyond"
  Steven Raichlen, Rodale Press Inc.

International

	WINNER:
	'Taste: One Palate's Journey Through the World's Greatest Dishes'

• "The Elephant Walk Cookbook: Cambodian Cuisine from the Nationally Acclaimed Restaurant
  Longteine De Monteiro and Katherine Neustadt, Rux Martin, Houghton Mifflin Company
• "Mediterranean Grains and Greens: A Book of Savory, Sun-Drenched Recipes"
  Paula Wofert, HarperCollins Publishers
• "Taste: One Palate's Journey Through the World's Greatest Dishes"
  David Rosengarten, Random House

Literary Food Writing

	WINNER:
	'Apples'

• "Apples"
  Frank Browning, North Point Press
• "Bruculinu, America: Remembrances of Sicilian-American Brooklyn, Told in Stories and Recipes"
  Vincent Schiavelli, Houghton Mifflin Company
• "Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table"
  Ruth Reichl, Random House

Single Subject

	WINNER:
	'The Barbecue Bible'

• "The Barbecue Bible"
  Steven Raichlen, Workman Publishing
• "Lobster at Home"
  Jasper White, Scribner
• "Vegetables"
  James Peterson, William Morrow and Company

Wine, Beer or Spirits: Geyser Peak Vineyard Award

	WINNER:
	'A Companion to California Wine: An Encyclopedia of Wine and Winemaking from the Mission Period to the Present'

• "1855: A History of the Bordeaux Classification"
  Dewey Markham Jr., John Wiley & Sons Inc.
• "Bordeaux: A Comprehensive Guide to the Wines Produced from 1961-1997" 3rd Edition
  Robert M. Parker Jr., Simon & Schuster
• "A Companion to California Wine: An Encyclopedia of Wine and Winemaking from the Mission Period to the Present"
  Charles L. Sullivan, University of California Press