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James Beard Foundation Awards winners

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James Beard Foundation Awards, the US’s most prestigious recognition program honoring professionals in the food and beverage industries, announced its 2012 winners. During a ceremony hosted by chef and television personality Alton Brown at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall, awards in the Restaurant and Chef and the Design and Graphics categories were presented, as well … Read more

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

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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