The James Beard Foundation’s chef and restaurant awards aren’t till tonight, but on Friday the media had its fun at the Book, Broadcast and Journalism Awards. We dare say we had the most fun of all — Grub Street New York took home its second award, for Best Group Blog. And Benjamin Wallace won best profile for coaxing Keith McNally out of his shell in the pages of New York. Harold McGee received hall of fame honors from Wylie Dufresne, who hilariously held up McGee’s award and said he always wondered what one would feel like (the Susan Lucci of the Beards may find out this evening — he’s up for Best Chef: New York City). In case you’re wondering, nobody claimed the ever-mysterious Ruth Bourdain’s award, though RuBo did accept via Twitter: “I couldn’t have done it without three very important people: Ruth Reichl, Tony Bourdain, and his lover, Eric Ripert.” Major congos to the rest of this year’s winners below. Look for them sporting the coveted Uncle Fester medal at Momofuku and Torrisi’s after-party at the Jane Hotel tonight.
2011 James Beard Foundation Awards Winners
2011 James Beard Foundation Book Awards
Presented by Green & Black’s® Organic Chocolate
Cookbook Hall of Fame
On Food and Cooking: The Science & Lore of the Kitchen
by Harold McGee
Cookbook of the Year
Oaxaca al Gusto: An Infinite Gastronomy
by Diana Kennedy
(University of Texas Press)
American Cooking
Pig: King of the Southern Table
by James Villas
(John Wiley & Sons)
Baking and Dessert
Good to the Grain: Baking with Whole-Grain Flours
by Kim Boyce
(Stewart, Tabori & Chang)
Beverage
Secrets of the Sommeliers: How to Think and Drink Like the World’s Top Wine Professionals
by Jordan Mackay and Rajat Parr
(Ten Speed Press)
Cooking from a Professional Point of View
Noma: Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine
by René Redzepi
(Phaidon Press)
General Cooking
The Essential New York Times Cook Book: Classic Recipes for a New Century
by Amanda Hesser
(W.W. Norton & Company)
Healthy Focus
The Simple Art of EatingWell Cookbook
by Jessie Price & the EatingWell Test Kitchen
(The Countryman Press)
International
Stir-Frying to the Sky’s Edge: The Ultimate Guide to Mastery, with Authentic Recipes and Stories
by Grace Young
(Simon & Schuster)
Photography
Noma: Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine
Photographer: Ditte Isager
(Phaidon Press)
Reference and Scholarship
Salted: A Manifesto on the World’s Most Essential Mineral, with Recipes
by Mark Bitterman
(Ten Speed Press)
Single Subject
Meat: A Kitchen Education
by James Peterson
(Ten Speed Press)
Writing and Literature
Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food
by Paul Greenberg
(The Penguin Press)
2011 James Beard Foundation Broadcast Media Awards presented by Lenox Tableware and Gifts
For television, webcast, and radio programs aired in 2010
Winners will be announced on May 6, 2011
Audio Webcast or Radio Show
CBC Ideas: “Pasta: The Long and Short of It”
Host: Megan Williams
Area: Canada and Online
Producers: Susan Mahoney and Megan Williams
TV Food Personality/Host
Alton Brown
Show: Good Eats
Network: Food Network
Television Program, In Studio or Fixed Location
Top Chef: Season 7
Host: Padma Lakshmi
Network: Bravo
Producers: Tom Colicchio, Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, and Dave Serwatka
Television Program, On Location
Avec Eric
Host: Eric Ripert
Network: PBS, Online
Producers: Justin Barocas, Heather Brown, and Geoffrey Drummond
Television Segment
60 Minutes: “Chef José Andrés”
Host: Anderson Cooper
Network: CBS
Producers: Bill Owens and Kara Vaccaro
Television Special/Documentary
Milk War
Host: Colm Feore
Network: ichannel
Producers: Declan O’Driscoll and Kevin O’Keefe
Video Webcast
GrapeRadio
Graperadio.com
Hosts: Eric Anderson, Brian Clark, and Jay Selman
Producers: Mark Ryan and Jay Selman
2011 James Beard Foundation Design and Graphics Awards
Outstanding Restaurant Design
For the best restaurant design or renovation in North America since January 1, 2008
Design Firm: Aidlin Darling Design
Designers: Joshua Aidlin, Roslyn Cole, and David Darling
Project: Bar Agricole, San Francisco
Outstanding Restaurant Graphics
For the best restaurant graphics executed in North America since January 1, 2008
Design Firm: Love and War
Designer: Katie Tully
Project: The National Bar & Dining Rooms, NYC
2011 James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards
Publication of the Year Award
Edible Communities
Cooking, Recipes, or Instruction
Amy Thielen
Minneapolis Star Tribune
“A Good Catch,” “Low-Tech Wonder,” “From the Bean Patch: Plenty”
Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Review Award
Patric Kuh
Los Angeles
“Animal Magnetism,” “Making Their Move,” “Time for a Redo?”
Environment, Food Politics, and Policy
Carl Safina
EatingWell
“Sea Change”
Food Culture and Travel
Rick Bragg, Francine Maroukian, and Robb Walsh
Garden & Gun
“The Southerner’s Guide to Oysters”
Food-related Columns and Commentary
Tim Carman
Washington City Paper
“Ignore the Pizza Police,” “Supply and Da Men,” “Schmeer Campaign”
Food-related Feature
Dan Koeppel
Saveur
“Fruit of the Future”
Food Section of a General Interest Publication
San Francisco Chronicle
Jon Bonné and Miriam Morgan
Group Food Blog
Grub Street New York
Newyork.grubstreet.com
Daniel Maurer, Jenny Miller, and Alan Sytsma
Health and Nutrition
Rachael Moeller Gorman
EatingWell
“Captain of the Happier Meal”
Humor
Ruth Bourdain
Twitter.com/RuthBourdain
Individual Food Blog
Politics of the Plate
Politicsoftheplate.com
Barry Estabrook
M.F.K. Fisher Distinguished Writing Award
Jonathan Gold
LA Weekly
“A Movable Beast”
Multimedia Food Feature
Michael Gebert and Julia Thiel
The Chicago Reader
Key Ingredient: “Kluwak Kupas,” “Chinese Black Beans,” “Geraniums”
Personal Essay
Tom Junod
Esquire
“My Mom Couldn’t Cook”
Profile
Benjamin Wallace
New York
“The Restaurant Auteur”
Wine and Spirits
Jon Fine
Food & Wine
“Natural Wine: Weird or Wonderful?”
