Last fall, over 500 books were submitted for the IACP competition. The judging committee evaluated and then nominated my book for an award in the single subject category, which covers publications that “focus on specific foods, cooking methods, techniques or appliances.” IACP judges, food professionals with stellar credentials, test drove recipes from Asian Dumplings just like many of you did. I am darn glad to have passed your and their tests!
My first book, Into the Vietnamese Kitchen, garnered two IACP nominations in 2007 in the first book and international book categories. I was thrilled then as I am now by such validation of my work.
Winners will be announced on April 22 at the Awards Gala of the IACP conference in Portland, Oregon. Who know what the outcome will be, but I’m DEElighted to be in the final running. Thanks for your continued support!
Full list of award nominees:
At the time of this posting, the cookbook award finalists can be found at the IACP Amazon.com bookstore. It's odd but welcome to the modern era.
IACP will be posting its full list of finalists and award categories online very very soon. Check here later today or tomorrow: http://IACP.com.
[Update 3/4/10: The official 2010 IACP cookbook award finalists was posted late yesterday afternoon. Note that Luke Nguyen's Songs of Sapa is in the running in the international category. We are not related. Luke and I met in Sydney last October and I also reviewed his terrific cookbook!
Another contender that I reviewed and have referenced in the duck experiments is Eileen Yin-Fei Lo's Mastering the Art of Chinese Cooking. Luke dukes it out with Eileen in the same category and it's stiff competition, especially with the gorgeous Seven Fires in the mix.]
