The 2014 James Beard foundation awards for Books, broadcast and Journalism have been announced. The winners include Andy Ricker for an article on Thai curries in Saveur magazine called “The Star of Siam”, which you can read here.
If you aren’t a subscriber to the excellent food magazine Lucky Peach, you should be: they took home four awards.
2014 Book Awards – for books published in English in 2013
Cookbook of the Year:
Historic Heston – Heston Blumenthal
Cookbook Hall of Fame:
Diana Kennedy
American Cooking:
The New Midwestern Table: 200 Heartland Recipes – Amy Thielen
Baking and Dessert
The Art of French Pasty – by Jacquy Pfeiffer with Martha Rose Shulman
Beverage:
The Cocktail Lab: Unraveling the Mysteries of Flavor and Aroma in Drink, with Recipes – Tony Conigliaro
Cooking from a Professional Point of View:
Historic Heston – Heston Blumenthal
Focus on Health:
Gluten-Free Girl Every Day – Shauna James Ahern with Daniel Ahern
General Cooking:
Smoke: New Firewood Cooking – Tim Byres
International:
Every Grain of Rice: Simple Chinese Home Cooking – Fuchsia Dunlop
Photography:
Rene Redzepi: A Work in Progress – Ali Kurshat Altinsoy, Ditte Isager, Rene Redzepi, Lars Williams and the Noma Team
Reference and Scholarship:
Soul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine One Plate at a Time – Adrian Miller
Single Subject:
Culinary Birds: The Ultimate Poultry Cookbook – John Ash with James O. Fraioli
Vegetable Focused and Vegetarian
Vegetable Literacy
– Deborah Madison
Writing and Literature
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
– by Michael Moss
Broadcast and New Media Awards
Outstanding Personality/Host
Host: Ina Garten
Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics
Network: Food Network
Radio Show/Audio Webcast
This American Life
Host: Ben Calhoun
Area: Public Radio
Producer: Ben Calhoun
Special/Documentary
Eating Alabama
Network: PBS
Television Program, in Studio or Fixed Location
Martha Stewart’s Cooking School
Host: Martha Stewart
Network: PBS
Producers: Greta Anthony, Christina Deyo, Michael Morrison, Olivia Schneider, Martha Stewart, Calia Van Dyk, and Lisa Wagner
Television Program, on Location
The Mind of a Chef
Host: Anthony Bourdain
Network: PBS
Producers: Jared Andrukanis, Anthony Bourdain, Joe Caterini, Chris Collins, Michael Steed, and Lydia Tenaglia
Television Segment
Friday Arts, Art of Food
Network: WHYY-TV
Producer: Monica Rogozinski
Video Webcast, Fixed Location and/or Instructional
Thirsty For…
youtube.com/tastemade
Producers: Jay Holzer and Eric Slatkin
Video Webcast, on Location
The Perennial Plate: Europe and South Asia
theperennialplate.com
Hosts: Mirra Fine and Daniel Klein
Producers: Mirra Fine and Daniel Klein
2014 James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards
For articles published in English in 2013. Winners announced May 2, 2014.
Cooking, Recipes, or Instruction
Andy Ricker
Saveur
“The Star of Siam”
Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Review Award
Alan Richman
GQ
“Alan Richman Walks Into a Jewish Deli…”
“The Elm: Is Brooklyn Ready for Sophisticated Dining?”
“ZZ’s, the Most Expensive 58 Minutes in New York Dining”
Food and Culture
John Birdsall
Lucky Peach
“America, Your Food Is So Gay”
Food and Travel
Nick Paumgarten
Bon Appétit
“Lunch at 8,500 Ft.”
Food Coverage in a General-Interest Publication
The Wall Street Journal
“Off Duty” Section
Beth Kracklauer
Food Politics, Policy, and the Environment
Eli Saslow
The Washington Post
“Food Stamps”
Food-Related Columns
Adam Sachs
Bon Appétit
The Obsessivore
Group Food Blog
First We Feast
Health and Well-Being
Rachael Moeller Gorman
EatingWell
“The Whole-Grain, Reduced-Fat, Zero-Calorie, High-Fiber, Lightly Sweetened Truth About Food Labels”
Humor
Lisa Hanawalt
Lucky Peach
“On the Trail with Wylie”
Individual Food Blog
Homesick Texan
Lisa Fain
MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award
John Jeremiah Sullivan
Lucky Peach
“I Placed a Jar in Tennessee”
Personal Essay
Fuchsia Dunlop
Lucky Peach
“Dick Soup”
Profile
Francis Lam
Lucky Peach
“A Day on Long Island with Alex Lee”
Publication of the Year
Civil Eats
Visual Storytelling
James Maikowski, Patricia Sanchez, Stephen Scoble, and Fredrika Stjärne
Food & Wine
“Best New Chef All-Stars”
“Oysters & Gumbo: A Chef’s New Orleans Party”
“Vegetables Now”
Wine, Spirits, and Other Beverages
Besha Rodell
Punch
“40 Ounces to Freedom”
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