The Journalism and Broadcast Media awards were presented on Sunday, May 3, 2009 at the annual Media Awards Dinner at the Hudson Theatre. Highlights include:
* MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award: Aleksandra Crapanzano, Gourmet, “Benedictions” 09/08
* Newspaper Food Section: The Washington Post, Joe Yonan
* Television Food Show, National or Local: Lidia’s Italy: Sweet Napoli, Host: Lidia Matticchio Bastianich
* Website Focusing on Food, Beverage, Restaurant, or Nutrition: Epicurious.com, Tanya Steel
* Restaurant Reviews: Adam Platt, New York Magazine, “Faux French”; “The Mario of Midtown”; “Corton on Hudson”, 07/14/08, 09/15/08, 11/24/08
Established in 1990, the James Beard Foundation Awards recognize culinary professionals for excellence and achievement in their fields and continue to emphasize the Foundation’s mission: to celebrate, preserve, and nurture America’s culinary heritage and diversity. All award winners receive a certificate and a bronze medallion engraved with the James Beard Foundation Awards insignia. There are no cash awards.
The 2009 James Beard Foundation Awards are presented in association with All-Clad Metalcrafters and American Express® (the official card of the James Beard Foundation); Premier Sponsors: Green & Black’s® Organic Chocolate, Lexus, Viking Range Corporation; Supporting Sponsors: Delta Air Lines, illy caffè North America, Inc., Southern Wine & Spirits of New York, Stella Artois; Gala Reception Sponsors: Acqua Panna® Natural Spring Water, Ecolab, Pernod Ricard USA, Rums of Puerto Rico, S.Pellegrino® Sparkling Natural Mineral Water; and with additional support from Chefwear and Pommery Champagne.
About the James Beard Foundation
The James Beard Foundation is dedicated to celebrating, preserving, and nurturing America’s culinary heritage and diversity in order to elevate the appreciation of our culinary excellence. A cookbook author and teacher with an encyclopedic knowledge about food, James Beard, who died in 1985, was a champion of American cuisine. He helped educate and mentor generations of professional chefs and food enthusiasts. Today, the Beard Foundation continues in the same spirit by administering a number of diverse programs that include educational initiatives, food industry awards, scholarships to culinary schools, and publications, and by maintaining the historic James Beard House in New York City’s Greenwich Village as a performance space for visiting chefs. For more information, please visit http://www.jamesbeard.org.
WINNERS
2009 James Beard Foundation Book Awards
Presented by Green & Black’s® Organic Chocolate
For cookbooks published in English in 2008
Cookbook of the Year
Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient,
with Recipes
Author: Jennifer McLagan
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Editor: Clancy Drake
Price: $32.50
Cookbook Hall of Fame
Jane Grigson for her entire body of work, including:
The Art of Charcuterie, Good Things, Jane Grigson’s Vegetable Book, The Mushroom Feast, & English Food
Category: American Cooking
Screen Doors and Sweet Tea: Recipes and Tales from a Southern Cook
Author: Martha Hall Foose
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Editor: Rica Allannic
Price: $32.50
Category: Baking and Dessert
Bakewise: The Hows and Whys of Successful Baking
Author: Shirley O. Corriher
Publisher: Scribner
Editor: Beth Wareham
Price: $40.00
Category: Beverage
WineWise: Your Complete Guide to Understanding, Selecting, and Enjoying Wine
Authors: Steven Kolpan, Brian H. Smith, Michael A. Weiss, The Culinary Institute of America
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Editor: Pamela Chirls
Price: $29.95
Category: Cooking from a Professional Point of View
Alinea
Author: Grant Achatz
Publisher: Achatz LLC/Ten Speed Press
Editors: Nick Kokonas, Aaron Wehner
Price: $50.00
Category: General Cooking
How to Cook Everything (Completely Revised Tenth Anniversary Edition)
Author: Mark Bittman
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Editor: Linda Ingroia
Price: $35.00
Category: Healthy Focus
The Food You Crave: Luscious Recipes for a Healthy Life
Author: Ellie Krieger
Publisher: The Taunton Press, Inc.
Editor: Pamela Hoenig
Price: $28.00
Category: International
Beyond the Great Wall: Recipes and Travels in the Other China
Authors: Jeffrey Alford, Naomi Duguid
Publisher: Artisan
Editor: Ann Bramson
Price: $40.00
Category: Reference and Scholarship
The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America’s Most Imaginative Chefs
Authors: Karen Page, Andrew Dornenburg
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Editor: Michael Sand
Price: $35.00
Category: Single Subject
Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient,
with Recipes
Author: Jennifer McLagan
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Editor: Clancy Drake
Price: $32.50
Category: Writing and Literature
In Defense of Food
Author: Michael Pollan
Publisher: The Penguin Press
Editor: Ann Godoff
Price: $21.95
Category: Photography
The Big Fat Duck Cookbook
Photographer: Dominic Davies
Artist: Dave McKean
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Editor: Nick Trautwein
Price: $250.00
WINNERS
2009 James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards
For articles published in 2008
Category: MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award
Aleksandra Crapanzano
Gourmet
“Benedictions”
09/08
Category: Multimedia Writing
on Food
Ruth Reichl
Gourmet.com
“The Test Kitchen”
Category: Website Focusing on Food, Beverage, Restaurant,
or Nutrition
Epicurious.com
Tanya Steel
Category: Food Related Columns
Corby Kummer
The Atlantic
"A Papaya Grows in Holyoke"; "Beyond the McIntosh"; "Half a Loaf”
04/08, 05/08, 10/08
Category: Reporting on Nutrition or Consumer Issues
Rachael Moeller Gorman
EatingWell
“How to Feed Your Mind”
09/10/08
Category: Restaurant Reviews
Adam Platt
New York Magazine
“Faux French”; “The Mario of Midtown”; “Corton on Hudson”
07/14/08, 09/15/08, 11/24/08
Category: Newspaper Feature Writing With Recipes
Rebekah Denn
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
“High on the Hairy Hogs: Super-Succulent Imports are Everything U.S. Pork Isn’t”
04/09/08
Category: Newspaper Feature Writing Without Recipes
Kristen Hinman
Riverfront Times
“The Pope of Pork”
11/27/08
Category: Writing on Spirits, Wine, or Beer
Alan Richman
GQ
“Viva La Revolucion!”
09/08
Category: Magazine Feature Writing About Restaurants and/or Chefs
Ruth Reichl
Gourmet
“The Last Time I Saw Paris…”
09/08
Category: Magazine Feature Writing With Recipes
Edna Lewis
Gourmet
“What is Southern?” *
01/08
*Published Posthumously
Category: Magazine Feature Writing Without Recipes
Alan Richman
GQ
“Made (Better) in Japan”
03/08
Category: Newspaper Feature Writing About Restaurants and/or Chefs
Katy McLaughlin
The Wall Street Journal
“Sushi Bullies”
10/24/08
Category: Newspaper Food Section
The Washington Post
Joe Yonan
Category: Blog Focusing on Food, Beverage, Restaurant,
or Nutrition
Erika Ehmsen, Elizabeth Jardina, Rick LaFrentz, Amy Machnak, Johanna Silver, Margaret Sloan,
Margo True
Our One-Block Diet
Oneblockdiet.sunset.com
WINNERS
2009 James Beard Foundation Broadcast Media Awards
Presented by Viking Range Corporation
For television, webcast, and radio programs aired in 2008
Category: Audio Webcast or Radio Show
WNYC, The Leonard Lopate Show:
3-Ingredient Challenge
Hosts: Leonard Lopate, Rozanne Gold
Area: New York City Metro, Online
Producer: Sarah English
Category: Video Webcast
Savoring the Best of World Flavors, Volume III: Vietnam and the Island
of Sicily
Host: Jonathan Coleman
Website: Ciaprochef.com/WCA3/
Producers: John Barkley, Kenneth Wilmoth, Greg Drescher, Steve Jilleba, Janet Fletcher
Category: Television Food Show, National or Local
Lidia’s Italy: Sweet Napoli
Host: Lidia Matticchio Bastianich
Network: PBS
Air Date: 04/08/08
Producers: Lidia Matticchio Bastianich,
Julia Harrison, Shelly Burgess Nicotra
Category: Television Food Segment, National or Local
CBS News Sunday Morning: In a Pinch
Host: Martha Teichner
Network: CBS
Air Date: 10/26/08
Producers: Jon Carras, David Small
WINNERS
2009 James Beard Foundation Design and Graphics Awards
Category: Outstanding Restaurant Design
For the best restaurant design or renovation in North America since January 1, 2006
Design Firm:
Design Bureaux, Inc.
Designer:
Thomas Schlesser
2 King Street, 7E
New York, NY 10012
212.414.3171
For Project:
The Publican
837 West Fulton Market
Chicago, IL 60607
312-733-9555
Category: Outstanding Restaurant Graphics
For the best restaurant graphics executed in North America since January 1, 2006
Design Firm:
Korn Design
Art Direction: Denise Korn, Javier Cortés and Bryant Ross
116 Saint Botolph Street
Boston, MA 02115
617-266-8112
For Project:
The Corner Office
1401 Curtis Street
Denver, CO 80202
303-825-6500
