2012 James Beard Foundation Awards Winners Announced

2012 James Beard Foundation
Book Awards

Presented by Green & Black’s® Organic Chocolate
For cookbooks published in English in 2011.

American Cooking

Winner
A New Turn in the South: Southern Flavors Reinvented for Your Kitchen
by Hugh Acheson
(Clarkson Potter)

American Flavor
by Andrew Carmellini and Gwen Hyman
(Ecco)

Masala Farm: Stories and Recipes from an Uncommon Life in the Country
by Suvir Saran with Raquel Pelzel and Charlie Burd
(Chronicle Books)

Baking and Dessert

Winner
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home
by Jeni Britton Bauer
(Artisan)

Baking Style: Art, Craft, Recipes
by Lisa Yockelson
(John Wiley & Sons)

Cooking with Chocolate: Essential Recipes and Techniques
edited by Frédéric Bau
(Flammarion)

Beverage

Winner
Bitters: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All, with Cocktails, Recipes, & Formulas
by Brad Thomas Parsons
(Ten Speed Press)

An Ideal Wine: One Generation’s Pursuit of Perfection–and Profit–in California
by David Darlington
(Harper)

The Oxford Companion to Beer
edited by Garrett Oliver
(Oxford University Press)

Cooking from a Professional Point of View

Winner
Modernist Cuisine
by Nathan Myhrvold with Chris Young and Maxime Bilet
(The Cooking Lab)

The Art of Living According to Joe Beef: A Cookbook of Sorts
by Meredith Erickson, David McMillan, and Frédéric Morin
(Ten Speed Press)

Eleven Madison Park: The Cookbook
by Daniel Humm and Will Guidara
(Little, Brown and Company)

General Cooking

Winner
Ruhlman’s Twenty
by Michael Ruhlman
(Chronicle Books)

My Family Table: A Passionate Plea for Home Cooking
by John Besh
(Andrews McMeel Publishing)

The Splendid Table’s How to Eat Weekends
by Lynne Rossetto Kasper and Sally Swift
(Clarkson Potter)

Focus on Health

Winner
Super Natural Every Day: Well-Loved Recipes from My Natural Foods Kitchen
by Heidi Swanson
(Ten Speed Press)

Comfort Food Fix: Feel-Good Favorites Made Healthy
by Ellie Krieger
(John Wiley & Sons)

The Intolerant Gourmet: Glorious Food without Gluten & Lactose
by Barbara Kafka
(Artisan)

International

Winner
The Food of Morocco
by Paula Wolfert
(Ecco)

The Country Cooking of Italy
by Colman Andrews
(Chronicle Books)

The Food of Spain
by Claudia Roden
(Ecco)

Photography

Winner
Notes from a Kitchen: A Journey Inside Culinary Obsession
Artist/Photographer: Jeff Scott
(Tatroux)

The Cheesemonger’s Kitchen
Photographer: Joseph De Leo
(Chronicle Books)

Rustica: A Return to Spanish Home Cooking
Photographer: Alan Benson
(Chronicle Books)

Reference and Scholarship

The Art of Beef Cutting: A Meat Professional’s Guide to Butchering and Merchandising
by Kari Underly
(John Wiley & Sons)

The Food Lover’s Guide to Wine
by Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg
(Little, Brown and Company)

Single Subject

Odd Bits: How to Cook the Rest of the Animal
by Jennifer McLagan
(Ten Speed Press)

Plenty: Vibrant Vegetable Recipes from London’s Ottolenghi
by Yotam Ottolenghi
(Chronicle Books)

Writing and Literature

Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, Love, and War
by Annia Ciezadlo
(Free Press)

Extra Virginity
by Tom Mueller
(W.W. Norton & Company)

2012 James Beard Foundation Design and Graphics Awards

Outstanding Restaurant Design
For the best restaurant design or renovation in North America since January 1, 2009

Winner
Design Firm: Bentel & Bentel Architects
Project: Le Bernardin, New York City

Design Firm: Design Bureaux, Inc.
Designer: Thomas Schlesser
Project: DBGB Kitchen and Bar, New York City

Design Firm: Glen & Company
Designer: Glen Coben
Project: Romera, New York City

Outstanding Restaurant Graphics
For the best restaurant graphics executed in North America since January 1, 2009

Winner
Design Firm: Pandiscio Co.
Designer: Richard Pandiscio
Project: The Americano at Hôtel Americano, New York City

Design Firm: Common Space Studio
Designer: Jon Santos
Project: The Dutch, New York City

Design Firm: Air Conditioned
Designer: Clive Piercy
Project: Farmshop, Santa Monica, CA

2012 James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards

Environment, Food Politics, and Policy

Winner
Ben Paynter
Fast Company
“The Sweet Science”

Brett Anderson
The Times-Picayune
“New Orleans Family Oyster Company Sees Only Dark Days Ahead,” “One Year After Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Collins Family Tries to Hang Onto 90-Year-Old Oyster Business”

Barry Estabrook
Gastronomica
“The Other Side of the Valley”

Food Coverage in a Food-Focused Publication

Bon Appétit
Adam Rapoport

Gilt Taste
Jennifer Pelka

Food Coverage in a General-Interest Publication

Winner
Lesley Bargar Suter
Los Angeles
“Chinese Food in L.A.,” “It's Time for Breakfast in L.A,” “Food Lovers Guide”

Kendra Nordin
The Christian Science Monitor
“The Big Stir”

Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld
New York
"Taxonomy: A Falafel in Every Pita," "Butternut’s Just the Beginning," "The Greatest Thing Since …"

Food Culture and Travel

Winner
Fuchsia Dunlop
The Financial Times
“Global Menu: Kicking Up a Stink”

Lauren Collins
Food & Wine
“Lyon Tamer”

Jason Sheehan
Gilt Taste
“The Birth of the Atomic Cheeseburger”

Food-Related Columns

Winner
Lettie Teague
The Wall Street Journal
On Wine: Lettie Teague: “Drink, Memory: How to Remember that Wine;” “In Praise of the One-Cabernet Lunch;” “May I recommend: Lessons of Great Sommeliers”

Josh Ozersky
Time.com
“The Tyranny of Meals,” “Why the Demise of Friendly's Is Bad For America,” “A Good Mozzarella Is Hard to Find”

Kevin Pang
Chicago Tribune
"Hole In My Heart," "Supper Club Culture," "So Sue Me"

Group Food Blog

The Epi-Log
Tanya Steel
epicurious.com/articlesguides/blogs/editor

Nona Brooklyn - What’s Good Today?
Peter Hobbs
nonabrooklyn.com

Health and Well-Being

Winner
Maureen O’Hagan
The Seattle Times
“Feeling the Weight: The Emotional Battle to Control Kids’ Diet”

Janet Rausa Fuller
Chicago Sun-Times
“Starting from Scratch”

Melinda Wenner Moyer
EatingWell
“Going Clean”

Humor

Winner
Brett Martin
GQ
“The Hangover Part III”

Christopher Boffoli
The Kitchn
“Disparity”

Ann Hodgman
EatingWell
“The E-mail Home”

Individual Food Blog

Winner
Poor Man’s Feast
Elissa Altman
Poormansfeast.com
“Craving the Food of Depravity”

Bunkycooks
Gwen Pratesi
Bunkycooks.com
"The Hot Brown at The Brown Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky," "Meeting the Master Distiller at Woodford Reserve and Bourbon Sweet Potato Biscuits"

Cannelle Et Vanille
Aran Goyoaga
cannellevanille.com
"What We Crave on a Rainy Day," "There is Always Chocolate in the Summer," "The Day We Went Fishing"

Winner
Cal Fussman
Esquire.com
“Drinking at 1,300 Ft: A 9/11 Story About Wine and Wisdom”

Gabrielle Hamilton
Bon Appétit
“Blood, Bones & Baked Eggplant”

Anna Stoessinger
The New York Times
“I Won’t Have the Stomach for This”

Profile

Winner
Susan Choi
Food & Wine
“The Spice Wizardry of Lior Lev Sercarz”

Adam Sachs
Bon Appétit
“Fäviken Rising”

Emily Kaiser Thelin
San Francisco
“Cornering the Market”

Visual Storytelling

Winner
Landon Nordeman
Saveur
“Soul of Sicily,” “BBQ Nation,” “Heart of the Valley”

Alex Grossman
Bon Appétit
"The Fantastic Mr. and Mrs. Henderson," "The Michelin Garden," "Fäviken Rising"

Michael Harlan Turkell
Edible Manhattan
Back of the House: “Keens,” “Savoy,” “Craft”

Wine, Spirits, and Other Beverages

Winner
Sarah Karnasiewicz
Imbibe
“Fizzy Business”

Ellen Cushing
East Bay Express
“How Peet’s Starbucked Itself”

Adam Sachs
Travel + Leisure
“Provence: La Vie en Rosé”

Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Review Award

Winner
Alan Richman
GQ
“The Very Tasty Liberation of Paris,”
“I Heart SF,” “Diner for Schmucks”

Alison Cook
Houston Chronicle
“Melange Creperie Cart is an Only-in-Houston Treasure,” “Ava Kitchen & Whiskey Bar,” “Pondicheri”

Jonathan Gold
LA Weekly
“Red Medicine,” “Yoon Moves Beyond Burgers,” “Back to Yu”

MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award

Winner
John T. Edge
Saveur
“BBQ Nation”

Tamar Adler
Gilt Taste
“Sibling Rivalry at the Stove”

Todd Kliman
Lucky Peach
“The Problem of Authenticity”

The winner of the Publication of the Year Award will be announced on May 4, 2012.

2012 James Beard Foundation Broadcast Media Awards

Radio Show/Audio Webcast

From Bread Lines to Revolution: The Role of Food in the Arab Uprisings
Host: Jerome McDonnell
Area: WBEZ
Producers: Alexandra Salomon and Joe Linstroth

The Sporkful
Hosts: Dan Pashman and Mark Garrison
Area: Online
Producers: Dan Pashman and Mark Garrison

Special/Documentary (Television or Video Webcast)

Lidia Celebrates America: Holiday Tables and Traditions
Network: PBS
Producers: Lidia Bastianich, Laurie Donnelly, Joshua Seftel, and Caroline Suh

Sky Full of Bacon
Host: Michael Gebert
Network: skyfullofbacon.com
Producer: Michael Gebert

Television Program, In Studio or Fixed Location

2012 James Beard Television Program Winner Ted Allen for Chopped

Essential Pépin
Host: Jacques Pépin
Network: PBS
Producer: Tina Salter

Simply Ming
Host: Ming Tsai
Network: PBS
Producers: Laurie Donnelly, Julia Harrison, and Ming Tsai

Television Program, On Location

A Taste of History
Host: Walter Staib
Network: PBS
Producer: Multi Media Productions, Inc.

The Wild Within
Host: Steven Rinella
Network: Travel Channel
Producers: Jared Andrukanis, Nick Brigde, Christopher Collins, Steven Rinella, Travis Shakespeare, Craig Shepherd, and
Lydia Tenaglia

Television Segment

ABC News Nightline
Hosts: John Berman and Neal Karlinsky
Network: ABC
Producer: Sarah Rosenberg

The Hungry Hound
Host: Steve Dolinsky
Network: WLS-TV (ABC 7) Chicago, Online
Producer: Badriyyah Waheed

2012 James Beard Video Webcast Winner Jamie Tiampo of EatTV.com - New York, NY

Video Webcast

Winner
eatTV with Jamie Tiampo
Eattv.com
Host: Jamie Tiampo
Producers: Suzanne Glickstein, Jimmy McCoy, and Jamie Tiampo

Food. Curated.
Foodcurated.com
Host: Liza Mosquito de Guia
Producer: Liza Mosquito de Guia

Paul Willis
chipotle.com/en-US/fwi/videos/videos.aspx?v=3
Producers: Lyn Jenkins and Sarah Rosenberg

Media Personality/Host (Television or Video Webcast)

Winner
Host: Ted Allen
Show: Chopped
Network: Food Network

Host: Sara Moulton
Show: Sara’s Weeknight Meals
Network: PBS

Host: Ina Garten
Show: Barefoot Contessa
Network: Food Network

2012 James Beard Foundation Restaurant and Chef Awards

Best Chef: Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH)

Gary Danko and 2012 James Beard Best Chef Great Lakes Winner Bruce Sherman of Northpond - Chicago, IL

Winner
Bruce Sherman
North Pond
Chicago

Michael Carlson
Schwa
Chicago

Stephanie Izard
Girl & the Goat
Chicago

Anne Kearney
Rue Dumaine
Dayton, OH

Andrew Zimmerman
Sepia
Chicago

Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic (D.C., DE, MD, NJ, PA, VA)

Winner
Maricel Presilla
Cucharamama
Hoboken, NJ

Cathal Armstrong
Restaurant Eve
Alexandria, VA

Johnny Monis
Komi
Washington, D.C.

Peter Pastan
Obelisk
Washington, D.C.

Vikram Sunderam
Rasika
Washington, D.C.

Best Chef: Midwest (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD, WI)

Justin Aprahamian
Sanford
Milwaukee

Gerard Craft
Niche
St. Louis

Colby Garrelts
Bluestem
Kansas City, MO

Lenny Russo
Heartland Restaurant & Farm Direct Market
St. Paul, MN

Best Chef: New York City (Five Boroughs)

April Bloomfield
The Spotted Pig

Wylie Dufresne
wd-50

Mark Ladner
Del Posto

Michael White
Marea