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Milk Street: Tuesday Nights by Christopher Kimball was the only book to win both a James Beard Foundation book awards and International Association of Culinary Professionals award for 2018.
Milk Street: Tuesday Nights by Christopher Kimball was the only book to win both a James Beard Foundation book awards and International Association of Culinary Professionals award for 2018.

This time of year, we as readers and cooks can revel in the best of the best culinary books from 2018. Two annual awards competitions make it easier to create our own wish lists. The James Beard Foundation book awards announced its list in late April. The International Association of Culinary Professionals announced theirs May 18.

The sole book to make both lists was Milk Street: Tuesday Nights, by Christopher Kimball.

Compare and contrast the two lists (the classic English major technique!) and see which volume encourages you to head to the bookstore, notes in hand. Good reading — and cooking — will follow.

James Beard Foundation Book Awards

American: Between Harlem and Heaven: Afro-Asian-American Cooking for Big Nights, Weeknights, and Every Day by J.J. Johnson and Alexander Smalls, with Veronica Chambers (Flatiron Books)

Baking and desserts: SUQAR: Desserts & Sweets From the Modern Middle East by Greg Malouf and Lucy Malouf (Hardie Grant Books)

Beverage: Wine Folly: Magnum Edition by Madeline Puckette and Justin Hammack (Avery)

General: Milk Street: Tuesday Nights by Christopher Kimball (Little, Brown and Co.)

Health and special diets: Eat a Little Better by Sam Kass (Clarkson Potter)

International: Feast: Food of the Islamic World by Anissa Helou (Ecco)

Photography: Tokyo New Wave by Andrea Fazzari (Ten Speed Press)

Reference, history and scholarship: Canned: The Rise and Fall of Consumer Confidence in the American Food Industry by Anna Zeide (University of California Press)

Restaurant and professional: Chicken and Charcoal: Yakitori, Yardbird, Hong Kong by Matt Abergel (Phaidon Press)

Single subject: Goat: Cooking and Eating by James Whetlor (Quadrille Publishing)

Vegetable-focused cooking: Saladish by Ilene Rosen (Artisan Books)

Writing: Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef's Journey to Discover America's New Melting-Pot Cuisine by Edward Lee (Artisan Books)

Book of the year: Cocktail Codex by Alex Day, Nick Fauchald and David Kaplan (Ten Speed Press)

Cookbook Hall of Fame: Jessica B. Harris

IACP Book Awards

American: Soul: A Chef's Culinary Evolution in 150 Recipes by Todd Richards (Oxmoor House)

Baking: Food52 Genius Desserts: 100 Recipes That Will Change the Way You Bake by Kristen Miglore (Ten Speed Press)

Chefs and restaurants: Season: A Year of Wine Country Food, Farming, Family & Friends by Justin Wanger and Tracey Shepos Cenami (Cameron + Co.)

Children, youth and family: The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs by the editors at America's Test Kitchen (Sourcebooks)

Compilations: Cook's Illustrated Revolutionary Recipes by the editors at America's Test Kitchen (America's Test Kitchen)

Culinary travel: Pasta, Pane, Vino by Matt Goulding and Nathan Thornburgh (HarperWave)

Food matters: You and I Eat the Same by Chris Ying (Artisan Books)

Food photography and styling: The Cook's Atelier: Recipes, Techniques, and Stories From Our French Cooking School by Marjorie Taylor and Kendall Smith Franchini (Abrams Books)

General: Milk Street: Tuesday Nights by Christopher Kimball (Little, Brown and Co.)

Health and special diet: The Complete Diabetes Cookbook by the editors at America's Test Kitchen (America's Test Kitchen)

International: Basque Country: A Culinary Journey Through a Food Lover's Paradise Marti Buckley (Artisan Books)

IACP Julia Child first book award: Bottom of the Pot: Persian Recipes and Stories by Naz Deravian (Flatiron Books)

Literary or historical food writing: Lee Miller: A Life With Food Friends & Recipes by Ami Bouhassane (Penrose Film Productions; Grapefrukt Forlag)

Reference and technical: The Fruit Forager's Companion: Ferments, Desserts, Main Dishes, and More From Your Neighborhood and Beyond by Sara Bir (Chelsea Green Publishing)

Self-published: Pheasant, Quail, Cottontail: Upland Birds and Small Game From Field to Feast by Hank Shaw (H&H Books)

Single subject: Jerky: The Fatted Calf's Guide to Preserving & Cooking Dried Meaty Goods by Taylor Boetticher and Toponia Miller (Ten Speed Press)

Wine, beer or spirits: Julep: Southern Cocktails Refashioned by Alba Huerta and Marah Stets (Lorena Jones Books)

Book of the year: Season: A Year of Wine Country Food, Farming, Family & Friends by Justin Wanger and Tracey Shepos Cenami, with Tucker Taylor (Cameron + Co.)

Design award: The Cook's Atelier: Recipes, Techniques, and Stories From Our French Cooking School by Marjorie Taylor and Kendall Smith Franchini (Abrams Books)

Jane Grigson award: Lee Miller: A Life With Food Friends & Recipes by Ami Bouhassane (Penrose Film Productions, Grapefrukt Forlag)

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