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2009 James Beard Foundation Journalism and Broadcast Awards Finalists

Journalism Nominees

By Brett Moore, About.com

The James Beard Awards are the most prestigious honors in America for the food & beverage industry, The "Academy Awards of the Food Scene". Past winners include a who's who of the country's culinary greats. Almost 10,000 entries were narrowed down to the finalists in each category. A panel of 400 food industry judges will vote for the winner in each category to be announced Monday, May 4 at the Awards Ceremony and Gala Reception at Lincoln Center, New York City.

NEWSPAPER FEATURE WRITING ABOUT RESTAURANTS AND/OR CHEFS

Monica Eng, Phil Vettel
Chicago Tribune
“Big Night. Big Mystery: Why Did Michael Carlson Vanish the Day After Serving Dinner to the Greatest Chefs in the World?”

Katy McLaughlin
The Wall Street Journal
“Sushi Bullies”

Tom Sietsema
The Washington Post
“Sound Check”

NEWSPAPER FEATURE WRITING WITHOUT RECIPES

Monica Eng
Chicago Tribune
“Morality Bites: Mustering Some Sympathy for the Bedeviled Ham and Beef”

Kristen Hinman
Riverfront Times
“The Pope of Pork”

Craig LaBan
The Philadelphia Inquirer
“The Tender and the Tough”

NEWSPAPER FEATURE WRITING WITH RECIPES

Rebekah Denn
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
“High on the Hairy Hogs: Super-Succulent Imports are Everything U.S. Pork Isn't”

David Leite
The New York Times
“Perfection? Hint: It’s Warm and Has a Secret”

Kathleen Purvis
The Charlotte Observer
“The Belly of the Beast”

NEWSPAPER FOOD SECTION

Chicago Tribune
Carol Mighton Haddix

San Francisco Chronicle
Jon Bonné and Miriam Morgan

The Washington Post
Joe Yonan

MAGAZINE FEATURE WRITING ABOUT RESTAURANTS AND/OR CHEFS

Ruth Reichl
Gourmet
“The Last Time I Saw Paris...”

Alan Richman
Departures
“Eating Small in New York”

Anya von Bremzen
Food & Wine
“The Grilling Genius of Spain”

MAGAZINE FEATURE WRITING WITH RECIPES

Edna Lewis
Gourmet
“What is Southern?”*
*published posthumously

David Dobbs
Recipes by John Ash
EatingWell
“The Wild Salmon Debate: A Fresh Look at Whether Eating Farmed Salmon is...Well...OK”

James Peterson
Saveur
“Mother Sauce: The Ancient Art of the Saucier is Alive and Well in the Kitchens of Paris and Beyond”

MAGAZINE FEATURE WRITING WITHOUT RECIPES

Alan Richman
GQ
“Made (Better) in Japan”

Patricia Sharpe and the staff members of Texas Monthly Magazine Texas Monthly
“BBQ 08 (The Top 50 BBQ Joints in Texas)”

Monique Truong
Gourmet
“My Cherry Amour”

RESTAURANT REVIEWS

Jonathan Gold
LA Weekly
“A Proper Brasserie,” “A Fine Palate,” “Pho Town”

Adam Platt
New York Magazine
“Faux French,” “The Mario of Midtown,” “Corton on Hudson”

Tom Sietsema
The Washington Post
“Great Expectations,” “Robo Restaurant,” “An Earned Exclamation”

REPORTING ON NUTRITION OR FOOD-RELATED CONSUMER ISSUES

Barry Estabrook
Gourmet
“Greens of Wrath”

Mark Adams, Amanda Fortini, Melissa Kirsch, Josh Ozersky, Rob Patronite, Adam Platt, and Robin Raisfeld
New York Magazine
“What Good is Breakfast?”

Rachael Moeller Gorman
EatingWell
“How to Feed Your Mind”

BLOG FOCUSING ON FOOD, BEVERAGE, RESTAURANTS, OR NUTRITION

Andrew Knowlton
The BA Foodist
Bonappetit.com

Hank Shaw
Hunter Angler Gardener Cook
Honest-food.net

Erika Ehmsen, Elizabeth Jardina, Rick LaFrentz, Amy Machnak, Johanna Silver, Margaret Sloan, and Margo True
Our One-Block Diet
Oneblockdiet.sunset.com

FOOD-RELATED COLUMNS

Dorie Greenspan
Bon Appétit
“Bacon-Cheddar Quick Bread,” “All-Purpose Holiday Cake,” “My Go-To Dough”

Corby Kummer
The Atlantic
“A Papaya Grows in Holyoke,” “Beyond the McIntosh,” “Half a Loaf”

Laura Shapiro
Gourmet.com
“Campaign Cookies,” “Why Does America Hate Ratatouille?,” “The Lord is my Chef”

WRITING ON SPIRITS, WINE, OR BEER

Jon Bonné
San Francisco Chronicle
“Revolution by the Glass”

Jay McInerney
Men's Vogue
“Billionaire Winos”

Alan Richman
GQ
“Viva La Revolucion!”

WEBSITE FOCUSING ON FOOD, BEVERAGE, RESTAURANTS, OR NUTRITION

Chow.com
Jane Goldman

Epicurious.com
Tanya Steel

Gourmet.com
Ruth Reichl

MULTIMEDIA FOOD JOURNALISM

Ruth Reichl
Gourmet.com
“Gourmet Cookbook Club”

Ruth Reichl
Gourmet.com
“The Test Kitchen”

Mike Sula
Chicagoreader.com
“The Whole Hog Project”

M.F.K. FISHER DISTINGUISHED WRITING AWARD

Celia Barbour
O, The Oprah Magazine
“Knead, Pray, Love”

Aleksandra Crapanzano
Gourmet
“Benedictions”

Alan Richman
GQ
“My Sweet Life”

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