MEXICAN EVERYDAY by: Rick Bayless and Deann Groen Bayless W.W. Norton
PEACE, LOVE, AND BARBECUE by: Mike Mills and Amy Mills Tunnicliffe Rodale Books
THE NEW AMERICAN COOKING by: Joan Nathan Alfred A. Knopf
GENERAL
COOKING SCHOOL SECRETS FOR REAL WORLD COOKS by: Linda Carucci Chronicle Books
THE COOK'S BOOK by: Jill Norman DK Publishing
THE INSTANT COOK by: Donna Hay 4th Estate
HEALTHY FOCUS
SPICES OF LIFE: SIMPLE AND DELICIOUS RECIPES FOR GREAT HEALTH by: Nina Simonds Alfred A. Knopf
THE EATINGWELL DIABETES COOKBOOK by: Joyce Hendley and the Editors of EatingWell™ The Magazine of Food and Health The Countryman Press
VEGETARIAN SUPPERS FROM DEBORAH MADISON'S KITCHEN by: Deborah Madison Broadway Books
INTERNATIONAL
MOLTO ITALIANO by: Mario Batali Ecco
THE NEW SPANISH TABLE by: Anya von Bremzen Workman Publishing
WASHOKU: RECIPES FROM THE JAPANESE HOME KITCHEN by: Elizabeth Andoh Ten Speed Press
PHOTOGRAPHY
MANGOES & CURRY LEAVES: CULINARY TRAVELS THROUGH THE GREAT SUBCONTINENT Photographer: Jeffrey Alford, Naomi Duguid, and Richard Jung Artisan
NOBU NOW Photographer: Eiichi Takahashi Clarkson Potter Publishers
UNCOOKED Photographer: Grant Symon Éditions Flammarion
REFERENCE
CHEESE: A CONNOISSEUR'S GUIDE TO THE WORLD'S BEST by: Max McCalman and David Gibbons Clarkson Potter
HOW TO BREAK AN EGG by: Editors, Contributors, and Readers of Fine Cooking Magazine The Taunton Press
WHAT EINSTEIN TOLD HIS COOK 2 by: Robert Wolke with recipes by Marlene Parrish W.W. Norton
SINGLE SUBJECT
BONES: RECIPES, HISTORY & LORE by: Jennifer McLagan Harper Collins/Morrow Cookbooks
CHARCUTERIE: THE CRAFT OF SALTING, SMOKING, AND CURING by: Michael Ruhlman and Brian Polcyn W.W. Norton
GET SAUCY: MAKE DINNER A NEW WAY EVERY DAY WITH SIMPLE SAUCES, MARINADES, DRESSINGS, GLAZES, PESTOS, PASTA SAUCES, SALSAS, AND MORE by: Grace Parisi The Harvard Common Press
WINE AND SPIRITS
4000 CHAMPAGNES by: Richard Juhlin Éditions Flammarion
THE EMPEROR OF WINE: THE RISE OF ROBERT M. PARKER, JR. AND THE REIGN OF AMERICAN TASTE by: Elin McCoy Ecco