James Beard Media Award Winners

by Kat Kinsman, Posted May 4th 2009 @ 1:00AM

Whew! We're exhausted post Media Awards and Chefs Night Out Soiree and will be taking a brief nap before live-Twittering the results for Restaurants and Books on Monday evening as @slashfood. In the meantime, congrats to ...

Newspaper Feature Writing About Restaurants and/or Chefs

Katy McLaughlin
The Wall Street Journal
"Sushi Bullies"

Newspaper Feature Writing Without Recipes

Kristen Hinman
Riverfront Times
"The Pope of Pork"

More James Beard Media Award Winners after the jump.

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"

Newspaper Food Section

The Washington Post
Joe Yonan

Magazine Feature Writing About Restaurants and/or Chefs

Ruth Reichl
Gourmet
"The Last Time I Saw Paris ..."

Magazine Feature Writing With Recipes

Edna Lewis
Gourmet
"What is Southern?"*
*published posthumously

Magazine Feature Writing Without Recipes

Alan Richman
GQ
"Made (Better) in Japan"

Restaurant Reviews

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

Reporting on Nutrition or Food-Related Consumer Issues

Rachael Moeller Gorman
EatingWell
"How to Feed Your Mind"

Blog Focusing on Food, Beverage, Restaurants or Nutrition

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

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

Writing on Spirits, Wine or Beer

Alan Richman
GQ
"Viva La Revolucion!"

Web Site Focusing on Food, Beverage, Restaurants or Nutrition

Epicurious.com
Tanya Steel

Multimedia Food Journalism

Ruth Reichl
Gourmet.com
"The Test Kitchen"

M.F.K. Fisher Distinguished Writing Award

Aleksandra Crapanzano
Gourmet
"Benedictions"

Broadcast Media Awards

For television, webcast and radio programs aired in 2008.

Audio Webcast or Radio Show

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

"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

Television Food Segment, National and Local

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

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