Past Winners

1996 Writing on Food Becoming a Chef: With Recipes and Reflections from America's Leading Chefs authors: Andrew Dornenburg, Karen Page publisher: (Van Nostrand Reinhold)	1996 Wine and Spirits Wine Spectator's California Wine author: James Laube publisher: (Wine Spectator Press)
1996 Vegetarian Cookbook High-Flavor Low-Fat Vegetarian Cooking author: Steven Raichlen publisher: (Viking)	1996 Single-Subject The Whole World Loves Chicken Soup author: Mimi Sheraton publisher: (Warner)
1996 Restaurants and Chefs In Julia's Kitchen with Master Chefs author: Julia Child publisher: (Knopf)	1996 Regional American The Border Cookbook: Authentic Home Cooking of the American Southwest and Northern Mexico authors: Cheryl Alters Jamison, Bill Jamison publisher: (The Harvard Common Press)
1996 KitchenAid Cookbook of the Year Flatbreads and Flavors: A Baker's Atlas authors: Jeffrey Alford, Naomi Duguid publisher: (William Morrow)	1996 International Susanna Foo Chinese Cuisine: The Fabulous Flavors and Innovative Recipes of North America's Finest Chinese Cook author: Susanna Foo publisher: (Chapters)
1996 Healthy-Focus Lighter Quicker Better: Cooking for the Way We Eat Today authors: Richard Sax, Marie Simmons publisher: (William Morrow)	1996 General Jim Fobel's Big Flavors author: Jim Fobel publisher: (Clarkson Potter)
1996 Food Photography In and Out of the Kitchen in Fifteen Minutes or Less photographer: Sara Taylor author: Anne Willan publisher: (Rizzoli)	1996 Best Fruits Vegetables and Grains Cookbook A Cook's Book of Mushrooms: With 100 Recipes for Common and Uncommon Varieties author: Jack Czarnecki publisher: (Artisan)
1996 Best Baking and Desserts Cookbook How To Bake author: Nick Malgieri publisher: (HarperCollins)