2023 IACP Awards Finalists Announced

Howdy cookbook fans!

And welcome to the IACP-nominated cookbook newsletter Stained Page News!!! Boy does that feel good to type. When the nominees were announced earlier this week, I almost missed the email—I’m on the cookbook awards executive committee this year1, and assumed that was why I was getting an email about it. And then I noticed the subject line started with “Congratulations.” WILD. The announcement came the second I hit send on Tuesday’s issue, which is why I didn’t mention it there!

My co-finalists are G. Daniela Galarza and Hanna Raskin, both of whom are colleagues (and in Daniela’s case, former co-worker!) I have known for years and have the utmost respect for. I can’t recommend their newsletters enough: Daniela writes the Eat Voraciously newsletter for The Washington Post, which is a what-the-heck’s-for-dinner daily newsletter full of light lift but super tasty recipes presented in Daniela’s graceful and approachable voice. And Hanna writes here on Substack, which features original reporting on food and drink in the American South, a task that seems nearly impossible to do as an independent journalist but that Hanna conquers with aplomb. It’s truly a case of just being honored to be nominated in their company.

Anyway, I just wanted to take a minute to thank all of your for reading this newsletter, from the bottom of my heart. Stained Page News is a ton of work, and I love doing it so very much, and I will never not be shocked and honored that there are so many of you out there who love reading it as much as I love writing it. Thank you for loving cookbooks as much as I do.

Okay now let’s get into the cookbook noms before I start crying. Feel free to discuss the choices here in the comments! I can’t join in because of my role in the program, but I’m eager to hear your thoughts. (This is also why there are no affiliate links in this issue.)

The 2023 IACP Cookbook Awards Finalists

American

Korean American: Food That Tastes Like Home
Eric Kim
Clarkson Potter

Six California Kitchens: A Collection of Recipes, Stories, and Cooking Lessons from a Pioneer of California Cuisine
Sally Schmitt; Bruce Smith
Chronicle Books

The Woks of Life: Recipes to Know and Love from a Chinese American Family: A Cookbook
Bill Leung, Kaitlin Leung, Judy Leung and