Our books brought the flavor to the 2025 James Beard Awards!
On Saturday, June 14, the 2025 James Beard Media Awards honored the country’s top food media talents. Penguin Random House earned six awards in the Book Awards category, which recognizes outstanding cookbooks and nonfiction food or beverage titles published in 2024! Take a look at our winners and their previous work:
- Baking and Desserts – Sift: The Elements of Great Baking by Nicola Lamb (Clarkson Potter)
- Beverage With Recipes – The Bartender’s Pantry: A Beverage Handbook for the Universal Bar by Jim Meehan and Bart Sasso with Emma Janzen (Ten Speed Press)
- Jim Meehan’s previous book is Meehan’s Bartender Manual.
- Emma Janzen’s previous works includes The Bartender’s Manifesto, The Classic Cocktail Sessions, and The Way of the Cocktail.
- Bread – Richard Hart Bread: Intuitive Sourdough Baking by Richard Hart and Laurie Woolever with Henrietta Lovell (Clarkson Potter)
- General – Pass the Plate : 100 Delicious, Highly Shareable, Everyday Recipes: A Cookbook by Carolina Gelen (Clarkson Potter)
- Literary Writing – Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves by Nicola Twilley (Penguin Press)
- Vegetable-Focused Cooking – Mastering the Art of Plant-Based Cooking: Vegan Recipes, Tips, and Techniques by Joe Yonan (Ten Speed Press)
- Joe Yonan’s previous work includes Cool Beans.
Join us in congratulating the winners for their hard work!
