- Celebrity Chefs, Cookbooks, Daniel Boulud, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Joe Bastianich, Mario Batali, Michel Richard, News, Star Restaurants
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09 Jun 2008
The winners of the 2008 James Beard Foundation Awards announced Sunday night, June 8th, include:
Restaurants and Chefs, National
Outstanding Restaurateur: Joe Bastianich and Mario Batali, Babbo Ristorante e Enoteca, New York
Outstanding Chef: Grant Achatz, Alinea, Chicago
Outstanding Restaurant: Gramercy Tavern, New York (Danny Meyer)
Outstanding New Restaurant: Central Michel Richard, Washington (Michel Richard)
Rising Star Chef: Gavin Kaysen, Cafe Boulud, New York
Outstanding Pastry Chef: Elisabeth Prueitt and Chad Robertson, Tartine Bakery, San Francisco
Outstanding Wine Service: Eleven Madison Park, New York
Oustanding Wine and Spirits Professional: Terry Theise, Terry Theise Estate Selections, Silver Spring, Md.
Outstanding Service: Terra, St. Helena, Calif.
Chefs - Regional
Best Chef: Great Lakes - ... {More...}
- Anthony Bourdain, Art Smith, Celebrity Chefs, Cookbooks, Feature, Jacques Pepin, Jamie Oliver, José Andrés, Nigella Lawson, Sara Moulton
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11 May 2008
As today is Mother's Day where better to go for a delicious and appropriate article than Epicurious ...
That's right recipes for Jamie Oliver's mum's Rhubarb Daisy Cake, Spain's Jose Andres' delicious Beef with Cabrales "Mama Marisa". Anthony Bourdain's mom never taught him to eat those strange things, she taught him good stuff like Coquilles St.-Jacques. And there's more, again just click the article link above.
And while we're talking about Mom's, there's some good cookbooks out there that follow this line of thinking, such as: Behind Every Great Chef, There's A Mom - More Than 125 Treasured Recipes From ... {More...}
- 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.
So here are our highlights ... {More...}
- 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...}
