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   James Beard Book Awards, 2025

   A Quick Drink: The Speed Rack Guide to Winning Cocktails For Any Mood

   Megan Krigbaum, Lynnette Marrero, and Ivy Mix · Beverage with Recipes

   Nominee
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   James Beard Book Awards, 2025

   Bayou: Feasting Through the Seasons of a Cajun Life

   Melissa M. Martin · U.S. Foodways

   Nominee
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   James Beard Book Awards, 2025

   Big Vegan Flavor: Techniques and 150 Recipes to Master Vegan Cooking

   Nisha Vora · Vegetable-Focused Cooking

   Nominee
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   James Beard Book Awards, 2025

   Breaking Bao: 88 Bakes and Snacks from Asia and Beyond

   Clarice Lam · Baking and Desserts2 awards

   Nominee
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   James Beard Book Awards, 2025

   Chinese Enough: Homestyle Recipes for Noodles, Dumplings, Stir-Fries, and More

   Kristina Cho · U.S. Foodways

   Nominee
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   James Beard Book Awards, 2025

   Eleven Madison Park: The Plant-Based Chapter: A Cookbook

   Daniel Humm · Professional and Restaurant

   Nominee
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   James Beard Book Awards, 2025

   Flavorama: A Guide to Unlocking the Art and Science of Flavor

   Arielle Johnson · Reference, History, and Scholarship

   Nominee
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   James Beard Book Awards, 2025

   I Love You: Recipes from the Heart

   Ditte Isager with Pamela Anderson, Maria Zizka, and Matthew Axe · Visuals

   Nominee
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    James Beard Book Awards, 2025

    Insatiable City: Food and Race in New Orleans

    Theresa McCulla · Reference, History, and Scholarship

    Nominee
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    James Beard Book Awards, 2025

    Modernist Bread at Home

    Francisco Migoya and Nathan Myhrvold · Bread

    Nominee
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    James Beard Book Awards, 2025

    Ottolenghi Comfort: A Cookbook

    Yotam Ottolenghi and Helen Goh with Verena Lochmuller and Tara Wigley · General

    Nominee
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    James Beard Book Awards, 2025

    Rebel School of Wine: A Visual Guide to Drinking with Confidence

    Tyler Balliet · Beverage without Recipes

    Nominee
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    James Beard Book Awards, 2025

    Soups, Salads, Sandwiches: A Cookbook

    Matty Matheson · General

    Nominee
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    James Beard Book Awards, 2025

    The Bean Book: 100 Recipes for Cooking with All Kinds of Beans, from the Rancho Gordo Kitchen [A Cookbook]

    Julia Newberry and Steve Sando · Single Subject

    Nominee
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    James Beard Book Awards, 2025

    The Blue Plate: A Food Lover's Guide to Climate Chaos

    Mark J. Easter · Food Issues and Advocacy

    Nominee
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    James Beard Book Awards, 2025

    The Chinese Way: Classic Techniques, Fresh Flavors (A Cookbook)

    Betty Liu · International

    Nominee
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    James Beard Book Awards, 2025

    The Cocktail Parlor: How Women Brought the Cocktail Home

    Nicola Nice · Beverage with Recipes

    Nominee
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    James Beard Book Awards, 2025

    The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America

    Sara B. Franklin · Literary Writing

    Nominee
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    James Beard Book Awards, 2025

    The Painful Truth about Hunger in America: Why We Must Unlearn Everything We Think We Know—and Start Again

    Mariana Chilton · Food Issues and Advocacy

    Nominee
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    James Beard Book Awards, 2025

    The SalviSoul Cookbook: Salvadoran Recipes and the Women Who Preserve Them

    Karla Tatiana Vasquez · International

    Nominee
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    James Beard Book Awards, 2025

    The Turkey Book: A Chef's Journal of Hunting and Cooking America's Bird

    Jesse Griffiths · Single Subject

    Nominee
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    James Beard Book Awards, 2025

    The Vibrant Hong Kong Table: 88 Iconic Vegan Recipes from Dim Sum to Late-Night Snacks

    Christine Wong · Vegetable-Focused Cooking

    Nominee
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    James Beard Book Awards, 2025

    The World Atlas of Whisky 3rd Edition: More than 500 distilleries profiled and 480 expressions tasted

    Dave Broom · Beverage without Recipes

    Nominee
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    James Beard Book Awards, 2025

    Tipo 00: The Pasta Cookbook

    Andreas Papadakis · Professional and Restaurant

    Nominee