We'll be live-Twittering tonight's James Beard Media Awards and Monday's Restaurant Awards, so follow along @slashfood. Meanwhile, snack on these links to the nominated articles, recipes, reviews, food sections, sites, blogs and books.

Journalism Awards

For articles published in English in 2008.

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"

More links to Journalism, Cookbook and Broadcast nominees after the jump.

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!"

Web Site 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"

Book Awards

For cookbooks published in English in 2008.

American Cooking

"Arthur Schwartz's Jewish Home Cooking: Yiddish Recipes Revisited"
by Arthur Schwartz
(Ten Speed Press)

"Cooking Up a Storm: Recipes Lost and Found from The Times-Picayune of New Orleans"
Edited by: Marcelle Bienvenu and Judy Walker
(Chronicle Books)

"Screen Doors and Sweet Tea: Recipes and Tales from a Southern Cook"
by Martha Hall Foose
(Clarkson Potter)

Baking

"Bakewise: The Hows and Whys of Successful Baking"
by Shirley O. Corriher
(Scribner)

"Baking for All Occasions: A Treasury of Recipes for Everyday Celebrations"
by Flo Braker
(Chronicle Books)

"The Art and Soul of Baking"
by Cindy Mushet, Sur La Table
(Andrews McMeel Publishing)

Beverage

"The Harney and Sons Guide to Tea"
by Michael Harney with Emily Kaiser
(The Penguin Press)

"The Wines of Burgundy"
by Clive Coates
(University of California Press)

"WineWise: Your Complete Guide to Understanding, Selecting, and Enjoying Wine"
by Steven Kolpan, Brian H. Smith and Michael A. Weiss, The Culinary Institute of America
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)

Cooking From a Professional Point of View

"Alinea"
by Grant Achatz
(Achatz LLC/Ten Speed Press)

"The Big Fat Duck Cookbook"
by Heston Blumenthal
(Bloomsbury USA)

"Under Pressure: Cooking Sous Vide"
by Thomas Keller
(Artisan)

General Cooking

"How to Cook Everything (Completely Revised Tenth Anniversary Edition)"
by Mark Bittman
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)

"Martha Stewart's Cooking School: Lessons and Recipes for the Home Cook"
by Martha Stewart with Sarah Carey
(Clarkson Potter)

"The Bon Appétit Fast Easy Fresh Cookbook"
by Barbara Fairchild
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)

Healthy Focus

"Cooking With the Seasons at Rancho La Puerta: Recipes from the World-Famous Spa"
by Deborah Szekely and Deborah M. Schneider with Jesús González
(Stewart, Tabori & Chang)

"EatingWell for a Healthy Heart Cookbook"
by Dr. Philip A. Ades and the Editors of EatingWell
(The Countryman Press)

"The Food You Crave: Luscious Recipes for a Healthy Life"
by Ellie Krieger
(The Taunton Press, Inc.)

International

"Beyond the Great Wall: Recipes and Travels in the Other China"
by Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid
(Artisan)

"Jewish Holiday Cooking: A Food Lover's Treasury of Classics and Improvisations"
by Jayne Cohen
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)

"Southeast Asian Flavors: Adventures in Cooking the Foods of Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia & Singapore"
by Robert Danhi
(Mortar & Press)

Photography

"The Big Fat Duck Cookbook"
Photographer: Dominic Davies
Artist: Dave McKean
(Bloomsbury USA)

"Decadent Desserts"
Photographer: Thomas Dhellemmes
(Flammarion)

"Haute Chinese Cuisine from the Kitchen of Wakiya"
Photographer: Masashi Kuma
(Kodansha International)

Reference and Scholarship

"Milk: The Surprising Story of Milk Through the Ages"
by Anne Mendelson
(Knopf)

"The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America's Most Imaginative Chefs"
by Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg
(Little, Brown and Company)

"The Science of Good Food"
by David Joachim and Andrew Schloss, with A. Philip Handel, Ph.D.
(Robert Rose Inc.)

Single Subject

"Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient, with Recipes"
by Jennifer McLagan
(Ten Speed Press)

"Mediterranean Fresh: A Compendium of One-Plate Salad Meals and Mix-and-Match Dressings"
by Joyce Goldstein
(W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.)

"The Best Casserole Cookbook Ever"
by Beatrice Ojakangas
(Chronicle Books)

Writing and Literature

"In Defense of Food"
by Michael Pollan
(The Penguin Press)

"Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China"
by Fuchsia Dunlop
(W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.)

"Raising Steaks: The Life and Times of American Beef"
by Betty Fussell
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)


Broadcast Media Awards


For television, webcast and radio programs aired in 2008.

Audio Webcast or Radio Show

"Living Today," Martha Stewart Living Radio: José Andrés
Host: Mario Bosquez
Area: Nationwide U.S.
Producers: Naomi Gabay and Lauren Gould

Graperadio.com: "Thomas Jefferson and Wine"
Hosts: Ted M. Burns, Brian Clark, Eric Anderson and Jay Selman
Area: Online
Producer: Jay Selman

WNYC, "The Leonard Lopate Show: 3-Ingredient Challenge"
Hosts: Leonard Lopate and Rozanne Gold
Area: New York City Metro, Online
Producer: Sarah English

Video Webcast

"Obsessives: School Lunch Revolutionary"
Chow.com
Producers: Meredith Arthur and Eric Slatkin

"The Art of Blending"
Hosts: Brian Clark, Eric Anderson and Jay Selman
Graperadio.com
Producers: Jay Selman and Mark Ryan

"Savoring the Best of World Flavors, Volume III: Vietnam and the Island of Sicily"
Host: Jonathan Coleman
Ciaprochef.com/WCA3/
Producers: John Barkley, Kenneth Wilmoth, Greg Drescher, Steve Jilleba, and Janet Fletcher

Television Food Show, National and Local

"Lidia's Italy: Sweet Napoli"
Host: Lidia Matticchio Bastianich
Network: PBS
Producers: Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, Julia Harrison, and Shelly Burgess Nicotra

"The Château Dinner: A French Food at Home Special with Laura Calder"
Host: Laura Calder
Network: Food Network Canada
Producers: Johanna Eliot and Dugald McLaren

"We Live to Eat: New Orleans' Love Affair with Food"
Network: PBS
Producers: Kevin McCaffrey, e/Prime Media, and the Historic New Orleans Collection

Television Food Segment, National and Local

ABC News, "Nightline: Platelist"
Hosts: Martin Bashir, Cynthia McFadden and Terry Moran
Network: ABC
Producer: Sarah Rosenberg

CBS News "Sunday Morning: In a Pinch"
Host: Martha Teichner
Network: CBS
Producers: Jon Carras and David Small

ABC 7 News "Friday Night Special: Hungry Hound"
Host: Steve Dolinsky
Network: ABC
Producer: Badriyyah Waheed