The Beard awards for journalism have been announced and, well, the foodie bloggers can't be happy. Blogsphere badboy/Food & Wine columnist Pete Wells has been nominated twice:
Magazine Writing on Spirits, Wine, or Beer
Pete Wells
Food & Wine
"A Cocktail Purist"
5/05
Newspaper or Magazine Columns
Pete Wells
Food & Wine
Always Hungry: "Four Star Baby Food",
"Can a Restaurant be Cloned?", "Is
Lard Health Food?"
6/05, 11/05, 12/05
The full list of nominees (links, ours, for your convenience):
Newspaper Feature Writing About Restaurants and/or Chefs With or Without Recipes
Bill Addison
Creative Loafing Atlanta
"Hail to the Chefs: Eight Mouths of the South Who Elevate Regional Fare with True Grits"
6/22/05
Brett Anderson
The Times-Picayune
"The Natural"
6/12/05
Mark Caro
Chicago Tribune
"Liver and Let Live"
3/29/05
Newspaper Feature Writing With Recipes
Carolynn Carreño
Los Angeles Times
"Cubism Makes a Comeback: In An Era of Slow Food You'd Be Surprised Who's Plopping Bouillon Cubes in Coq Au Vin, Chiles Rellenos or Even Sheep's Milk Ricotta Ravioli "
1/19/05
Elizabeth Lee
Atlanta Journal Constitution
"Going for Gold"
10/3/05
Carol Ness
San Francisco Chronicle
"Outstanding in His Field; Farmers Create a Market Niche for Eco-Friendly Heritage Meats"
7/6/05
Newspaper Feature Writing Without Recipes
Kristen Hinman
Riverfront Times (St. Louis)
"Something Fishy"
3/16/05
Beatriz Terrazas
The Dallas Morning News
"Vanilla"
1/22/05
Joel Warner
Westword (Denver)
"Mr. Big"
11/3/05
Newspaper Restaurant Review or Critique
Meredith Ford
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"We Have Lift-Off; Find a Comfy Spot", "Enjoy the Getaway", "Stir Wars"
8/18/05, 5/19/05, 6/2/05
Jonathan Gold
LA Weekly
"Great Balls O' Rice", "Raw Power", "The Revolutionary"
7/15/05, 7/1/05, 3/18/05
Jason Sheehan
Westword (Denver)
"Girl Trouble", "Z Whiz", "Kokoro Bebop"
2/17/05, 11/10/05, 11/24/05
Newspaper or Magazine Reporting on Nutrition or Food-Related Consumer Issues
Allison J. Cleary
EatingWell™, The Magazine of Food and Health
"Fast Road to Fat City: What Price All Those Cheap Burgers & Fries? Science Starts to Find the Unsettling Answers"
4-5/05
Rachael Moeller Gorman
EatingWell™, The Magazine of Food and Health
"Faux Food: Where Have All Our Nutrients Gone?"
12/05-1/06
Jonathan Kauffman
East Bay Express (San Francisco)
"Endangered Species"
11/30/05
Newspaper or Magazine Columns
Dara Moskowitz
City Pages (Minneapolis)
"Rustica Rising", "The Great Steak Hunt", "Sweet, Sweet Liberty"
2/16/05, 5/11/05, 7/6/05
Pete Wells
Food & Wine
Always Hungry: "Four Star Baby Food",
"Can a Restaurant be Cloned?", "Is
Lard Health Food?"
6/05, 11/05, 12/05
Olivia Wu
San Francisco Chronicle
Seafood by the Season: "Sizing up Shrimp", "Northern Exposure", "Pacific Oysters Hit Peak in Marin"
4/13/05, 6/8/05, 10/19/05
Newspaper Writing on Spirits, Wine, or Beer
Stephen Lemons
Phoenix New Times
"Behind the Green Door"
4/7/05
Dara Moskowitz
City Pages (Minneapolis)
"Wine & Dine 2005: The World in a Bottle: New Tastes From the Old World"
10/12/05
Robb Walsh
Houston Press
"Mixing It Up"
3/10/05
Internet Writing on Food, Restaurant, Beverage, or Nutrition
Michael Apstein
WineReviewOnline.com
"Reserve Wines Score, But at What Price?"
12/20/05
Sara Dickerman
Slate Magazine
"Down with Gloves: Why Chefs Shouldn't Have to Wear Them"
9/28/05
Mike Steinberger
Slate Magazine
"Star Wars: Did Michelin Lower the Bar for New York?"
11/7/05
Magazine Feature Writing With Recipes
Fuchsia Dunlop
Saveur
"Sichuan Street Snacks"
3/05
Dorie Greenspan
Bon Appétit
"When French Women Bake."
02/05
Karen Stabiner
Gourmet Magazine
"Brisket Brought Us Together"
4/05
Magazine Feature Writing Without Recipes
Adam Sachs
Condé Nast Traveler
"A Nonstop, Unapologetically High-Calorie Foodie's Tour de France"
4/05
Marshall Sella
New York Magazine
"Does a Duck Have a Soul?"
6/27/05
Patricia Sharpe
Texas Monthly
"Confessions of a Skinny Bitch"
3/05
Magazine Restaurant Review or Critique
Caroline Bates
Gourmet Magazine
"Pier Review", "When Tokyo Met Lyon,
or The Rise and Rise of Asian Fusion",
"Vegas Double Time"
2/05, 6/05, 10/05
Patric Kuh
Los Angeles Magazine
"In the Raw", "Steak Out", "Seaworld"
9/05, 10/05, 11/05
Alan Richman
GQ
"The 20 Hamburgers You Must Eat
Before You Die", "The Mex Big Thing", "Puncturing the Michelin Myth"
7/05, 9/05, 11/05
Magazine Writing on Spirits, Wine, or Beer
Maricel E. Presilla
Saveur
"Mendoza Mountain High"
10/05
Sara Schneider
Sunset Magazine
"Wild West Wine"
10/05
Pete Wells
Food & Wine
"A Cocktail Purist"
5/05
Internet Website for Food (New Award Category)
AliceFeiring
Alice Feiring
epicurious.com
Tanya Wenman Steel
leitesculinaria.com
David Leite
Newspaper Section with circulation under 300,000
San Jose Mercury News
Julie Kaufmann
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Judith Evans
The Denver Post
Kristen Browning-Blas
Newspaper Section with circulation 300,000 and above
Chicago Tribune
Carol Mighton Haddix
San Francisco Chronicle
Miriam Morgan and Linda Murphy
Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
Lee Svitak Dean
MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award
Nelson Handel
The Walrus
"Frontiers of Flavour"
6/05
Jack Hitt
Gourmet Magazine
"Lowcountry Lowdown"
12/05
Jay McInerney
Departures
"Will Alain Ducasse Take Over the World?"
7-8/05
Television Food Segment, National or Local
ABC 7 News at 11:00 (a.m.)
Host: Steve Dolinsky
Network: WLS-TV (ABC), Chicago, N.W. Indiana, S.W. Michigan, S.E. Wisconsin
Producer: Badriyyah Waheed
CBS 2 News, Chicago
Host: Vince Gerasole
Network: WBBM
Guangzhou Where I Was Born
Host: Martin Yan
Network: PBS (American Public Television)
Producers: Nat Katzman and Geoffrey Drummond
Television Food Special
Chefs A' Field: Featuring Four Chefs
Network: PBS (American Public Television)
Producers: Heidi Hanson and Chris Warner
Cowboys on the Trail
Host: Tim Love
Network: Food Network
Producer: Katrina Sarson
Hamburger America
Network: Sundance Channel
Producer: George Motz
Television Food Show, Local
Bay Cafe
Host: Joey Altman
Network: KRON (San Francisco Bay Area)
Producers: Joey Altman and Christa Resing
Check, Please! Bay Area
Host: Leslie Sbrocco
Networks: KQED (San Francisco Bay Area)
Producer: Tina Salter
In Wine Country
Host: Mary Babbitt
Network: NBC 11/KNTV
(San Francisco Bay Area)
Producer: Mary Orlin
Television Food Show, National
Chefs A' Field: Culinary Adventures
That Begin on the Farm
Network: PBS (American Public Television)
Producers: Heidi Hanson and Chris Warner
Chef at Home: Hors d 'Oeuvres Party
Host: Chef Michael Smith
Network: The Food Network Canada
Producers: Johanna Eliot and Gretha Rose
How to Cook Everything
Host: Mark Bittman
Network: PBS (American Public Television)
Producer: Charles Pinsky
The Kitchen Sessions with Charlie Trotter: Giradet
Host: Charlie Trotter
Network: PBS (American Public Television)
Producers: Melanie Kosaka and Robert Bates
Radio Food Show
A Chef's Table: Getting Ready for Thanksgiving
Host: Jim Coleman
Area: WHYY-FM Philadelphia (National, PRX)
Executive Producer: Elizabeth Perez-Luna
Producer: Lari Robling
The Hidden Kitchens Project
Hosts: Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva
Area: NPR, KQED San Francisco and WBEZ Chicago (NPR Satellite, PRX)
Producers: Davia Nelson, Nikki Silva and Jay Allison
The Leonard Lopate Show
Host: Leonard Lopate
Area: WNYC (National, XM Satellite)
Producer: Melissa Waldron-Lehner
· 2006 James Beard Award Nominees [Poynter]
