This year we will feature two categories: a Judges’ Choice Award and a People’s Choice Award. Winners of both categories will be celebrated at an awards ceremony in April.

The staff at Books to Cooks have voted for their favourite cookbooks published in 2009, and here are the Top 10:

The Tastes of Sonora Resort by Matthew Stowe (Sonora Resort)
Tender by Nigel Slater (HarperCollins)
From Nature to Plate by Tom Kitchin (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
How to Roast a Lamb by Michael Psilakis (Little, Brown and Company)
Momofuku by David Chang (Clarkson Potter)
The Paley’s Place Cookbook by Vitaly and Kimberly Paley (Ten Speed Press)
C Food by Robert Clark and Harry Kambolis (Whitecap)
Araxi by James Walt (Whitecap)
French Taste by Laura Calder (HarperCollins)
Ad Hoc At Home by Thomas Keller (Artisan)

To read reviews of all the nominated books, visit our blog.

Now it is time for you to vote for your top cookbook of 2009. From the list above, select your favourite and let us know which one you choose by voting at 2009 Sprouts People’s Choice Award. Don’t delay…polling closes on February 15.

After all the votes are tallied, we will announce the winner and hold an awards ceremony at our shop. This highly esteemed award has been held by such top chefs as Vikram Vij and Meeru Dhalwala, John Bishop and Jennifer McLagan.

For more information about these and other books, please visit www.bookstocooks.com and click into our blog.