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They were just announced yesterday, but Eater National already thinks it knows which finalists will walk away with a 2013 James Beard Award for best cookbook. Local finalists include:
Cookbooks: Baking and Dessert
The Dahlia Bakery Cookbook
Cookbooks: General Cooking
Modernist Cuisine at Home
Cookbooks: Vegetable Focused and Vegetarian
Herbivoracious
Below, Eater National's winner predictions; some picks are based on the books that have won in years past and some are probably more wishful thinking. The complete list, right over here.>>