The James Beard Foundation Cookbook Award nominee list [1] is out now. I've only read a couple of these, but can recommend them highly. The first, Hungry Planet [2], is not a cookbook, but rather a fascinating book about food and the way people around the world consume it and buy it. I wrote an in-depth review of it previously [3]. The second is Nigella Lawson's latest that was actually published in 2004 in the UK I believe; Feast: Food to Celebrate Life [4]. It is another wonderful addition to anyone's Nigella collection. I'm also quite intrigued by Spices of Life [5] by Nina Simonds. Asian and healthy, a can't miss combination!
(via rebecca's pocket [6])
Links:
[1] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/feature/-/163805/102-0669771-9413731
[2] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1580086810/ref=nosim/wwwmakikoitoc-20
[3] http://www.justhungry.com/2005/12/reading_hungry_.html
[4] <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=as2&path=ASIN/1401301363&tag=wwwmakikoitoc-20&camp=1789&creative=9325
[5] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375411607/ref=nosim/wwwmakikoitoc-20
[6] http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2006/04/james_beard_award_2006_nominee.html
[7] http://www.technorati.com/tag/james+beard
[8] http://www.technorati.com/tag/cookbooks
[9] http://www.technorati.com/tag/nigella+lawson
[10] http://www.technorati.com/tag/hungry+planet