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Courtesy JamesBeard.org
The James Beard Foundation has announced the winters of the 2017 Media Awards –
Highlights from this year’s list of winners include:
Book Awards:
General Cooking: Eat in My Kitchen: To Cook, to Bake, to Eat, and to Treat, Meike Peters, (Prestel)
Book of the Year: Victuals: An Appalachian Journey, with Recipes, Ronni Lundy, (Clarkson Potter)
Cookbook Hall of Fame: Judith Jones
Broadcast Media Awards:
Outstanding Personality/Host: Andrew Zimmern, Andrew Zimmern’s Bucket List; Andrew Zimmern’s Driven by Food; Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, Airs on: Travel Channel and andrewzimmern.com
Podcast: The Four Top, Host: Katherine Cole, Producers: Katherine Cole and Morgan Holm, Airs on: npr.org and iTunes
Television Program, on Location: Chef’s Table, Producers: David Gelb, Brian McGinn, Matthew Weaver, Andrew Fried, and Dane Lillegard, Airs on: Netflix
Journalism Awards:
Visual Storytelling: “Thrill Ride,” Vince Dixon and Mariya Pylayev, Eater
Publication of the Year: Roads & Kingdoms
Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Review Award: “High Chairs and Hard Core”; “The X-Files”; “Beyond Biscuits and Gravy,” Karen Brooks, Portland Monthly
M.F.K. Fisher Distinguished Writing Award: “The Dog Thief Killings,” Calvin Godfrey, Roads & Kingdoms
You can see the entire list of winners here.