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Joe Yonan

Joe Yonan, author of Cool Beans, is the three-time James Beard Award-winning food and dining editor of The Washington Post. He is also the author of Eat Your Vegetables, which was named among the best cookbooks of 2013 by The Atlantic, The Boston Globe, and NPR's Here and Now, and Serve Yourself, which Serious Eats, David Lebovitz, and the San Francisco Chronicle named to their best-of-the-year lists. He was editor of America The Great Cookbook, a project to benefit the charity No Kid Hungry. He writes the Post's "Weeknight Vegetarian" column and for five years wrote the "Cooking for One" column, both of which have won honors from the Association of Food Journalists.
Mastering the Art of Plant-Based Cooking
Cool Beans

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Mastering the Art of Plant-Based Cooking
Cool Beans

Celebrating Our Six James Beard Media Award Winners!

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

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