Modernist Cuisine’ was named Cookbook of the Year at the James Beard Foundation Awards

Saveur magazine, Modernist Cuisine and Los Angeles Magazine are the big winners of the 2012 James Beard Foundation Awards, known as the ‘Oscars’ of US culinary world. Nathan Myhrvold‘s six-volume culinary encyclopedia Modernist Cuisine won the “Cooking From a Professional Point of View” category and was named the “Cookbook of the Year”. Amanda Hesser’s site … Read more

Thomas Keller awarded with Lifetime Achievement Award at The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Event

Thomas Keller – The S.Pellegrino Lifetime Achievement Award Winner 2012 Thomas Keller has picked up the Lifetime Achievement Award ahead of The World’s 50 Best Restaurant Awards, taking place on the 30th of April at the London’s Guildhall. The American chef, who runs the French Laundry restaurant in Yountville, California and Per Se in New … Read more