Tim Byres Wins 2014 James Beard Award for Best Cookbook: General Cooking By Nancy Nichols | 7 years ago Live from New York. The Book, Broadcast, and Journalism Awards ceremony for the 2014 James Beard Awards is going on right this minute at Gotham Hall. Tim Byres (Smoke, Foundry) is backstage with the shiny medal he just received for Best Cookbook: General Cooking.