- Cookbooks, Jamie Oliver, Mark Bittman, Masaharu Morimoto
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19 Apr 2008
Back in late March we announced the International Association of Culinary Professionals 2008 book awards finalists. Yesterday in New Orleans, the winners were announced.
Among the familiar names, the double Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto won two awards for his book and Jamie Oliver won best in the general category, plus NY Times Food Columnist Mark Bittman takes home yet another one.
The complete list of winners are:
2008 IACP Cookbook Awards Winners
Cookbook of the Year
Fish Forever: The Definitive Guide to Understanding, Selecting, and Preparing Healthy, Delicious, and Environmentally Sustainable Seafood by Paul Johnson
American Category
The Pastry Queen Christmas: Big-Hearted Holiday Entertaining, Texas ... {More...}
- Celebrity Chefs, Cookbooks, Daniel Boulud, Jacques Pepin, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Joe Bastianich, Mario Batali, Mark Bittman, Masaharu Morimoto, Michel Richard, News, Star Restaurants, Wolfgang Puck
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28 Mar 2008
Earlier this month we ran a partial list of the Semi-Finalists Announced for 2008 James Beard Awards. Well, a few days ago the giant list got paired down for the last time and the Finalists have now been announced.
If you're unfamiliar with the great length of awards from the Beard Foundation, you'll get a better understanding of it when you actually glance at their page. For instance, categories are not just for Restaurants and Chefs, they also include: Book Awards, Journalism, Broadcast Media, Design and Graphics, Humanitarian Award, Lifetime Achievement Award and America's Classics.
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- Cookbooks, Jamie Oliver, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Mark Bittman, Masaharu Morimoto, News
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25 Mar 2008
Last week the International Association of Culinary Professionals announced their cookbook award finalists. So exactly what are the IACP Awards? To quote Al Dente Blog:
If the James Beard Awards are the "Oscars of the food world," then that would probably make the IACP awards the gourmet Golden Globes.
Directly from the IACP here's the list:
2008 IACP Cookbook Awards Finalists
Winners will be announced during the 2008 IACP Awards Ceremony, Friday, April 18 in New Orleans.
American Category - Cookbooks that focus on ethnic, cultural, historic, or regional cooking in the United States
• Crescent City Cooking: Unforgettable Recipes from Susan Spicer's New ... {More...}
- Mario Batali, Mark Bittman, TV Food Shows
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12 Mar 2008
Ok, to get you up to speed (not sure how much you may know of this), Gwyneth Paltrow is in Spain after her brief hospital stint in the US finally doing the food show with Mario Batali.
What? You didn't know she was sick? In mid-January she checked into New York's Mount Sinai Hospital Monday for "a little gastrointestinal situation". Yes, not exactly the best thing to have before going to Spain and eating up the countryside, supposedly.
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- Feature, Mark Bittman
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06 Mar 2008
Should I even put this here? Dare I? I mean this has to do with actual cooking! I know, not watching people cook, not hearing about cooks ... actual do-it-yourself cooking? Hey, it's my blog and I'll do what I want to, do what I want do, do what I ...
Seriously though, it's a short article but packed with good info -- sometimes the best things come in small packages afterall. Plus it's by noted food author and columnist Mark Bitman and I like the topic: Six Kitchen Myths That Deserve Debunking.
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