Three Weeks Left to Submit Entries for the 2013 James Beard Book Awards

Resuming the old grind after a long weekend is never fun, but our adjustment was easier than most: we got to come back to ceiling-high stacks of absorbing food books.

We've been receiving entries for the 2013 James Beard Book Awards for several weeks now, and with almost 150 titles already on the shelves, we're all guilty of abandoning our to-do lists for some browsing. When we can thumb through a cookbook devoted entirely to cookie dough, an encyclopedic guide to sherry, or a history of Japanese coffee culture, can you really blame us?

The deadline for 2013 Book Award submissions is December 17. You can submit entries here. Reacquaint yourself with all of our award categories here.