While at one point the awards given out by the Association of Food Journalists (AFJ) to various food writers and food sections only really mattered to their local readers, this is definitely no longer the case. Since most newspapers are online, we can look at food sections from all over the world in a matter of minutes, and the AFJ awards can help point us towards the good ones that we might take a look at in addition to our local papers. The 2006 awards were just released and some of the winners are:
- Best Food Sections (small): Akron Beacon Journal, The Advocate (Baton Rouge), Reno Gazette-Journal
- Best Food Sections (medium): The Oregonian, Baltimore Sun, San Jose Mercury News
- Best Food Sections (large): LA Times, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle
- Food critics Jonathan Gold (LA Weekly), Tom Sietsema (Washington Post) and Michael Bauer (SF Chronicle) were all honored for their restaurant reviews.
For full details, and to check out the names of all the very worthy other winners, you'll have to take a look at the press release (pdf).
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