This morning the 2007 Beard Awards for Journalism nominees were announced at the James Beard House in the West Village. And the nominees are:
UPDATES IN PROGRESS
Magazine Feature Writing About Restaurants and/or chefs with or w/o Recipes
R. W. Apple, Departures, "A Taste of South Africa" (5/06)
James Villas, Saveur, "Vive le Restaurant" (4/06)
Pete Wells, Food & Wine, "New Erao f the Recipe Burglar" (11/06)
Magazine Writing with Recipes
Colman Andrews, Saveur, "Ireland- From Farm to Fork" (3/06)
Nancy Coons, Saveur, "Provence Noel" (12/06)
Anya Von Bremzen, Saveur "Old-School Madrid" (11/06)
Magazine Feature Writing W/o Recipes
Robert Sietsema, Gourmet, "Searching for the Innard Truth" (8/06)
Scott Simon, Gourmet, "Conflict Cuisine" (4/06)
Gretchen Vanesselstyn, Chile Pepper Magazine, "Tales from the Texas BBQ Trail" (6/06)
Magazine Writing on Spirits, Wine, or Beer
John T. Edge, Gourmet, "The Long View" (2/06)
Michael Greenberg, Departures, "The Volcano Lovers" (5-6/06)
Fiona Morrison, MW, Wine & Sprits Magazine, "Chambolle-Musigny" (10/06)
Newspaper Section
The Boston Globe, Sheryl Julian
Chicago Tribune, Carol Mighton Haddix
San Francisco Chronicle, Miriam Morgan and Jon Bonne
Website Focusing on Food, Beverage, Restaurant or Nutrition
Dr. Vino's Wine Blog, Tyler Colman
Epicurious, Tanya Steel
Leite's Culinaria, David Leite and Linda Avery
Multi-Media Writing on Food, Beverage, Restaurant or Nutrition
William H. Daley, Chicago Tribune, "Winter's Kiss" (12/6/06)
Edward Deitch, MSNBC.com/NBC Mobile, "On the Trail of Great Californian Syrah" (12/6/06)
Monica Eng with Chris Brown and Geng Wang, Chicago Tribune, "Mastering Ethiopia's Injera" (3/16/06)
MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award
David Halberstam, Gourmet, "The Boys of Saigon" (10/06)
Jesse Katz, Los Angeles Magazine, "Wheels of Fortune" (10/06)
Monique Troung, Gourmet, "American Like Me" (8/06)
Newspaper Feature Writing about Restaurants and/or chefs with or w/o Recipes
Kate McLaughlin, Wall Street Journal, "Gourmet Canned Cuisine" (12/2/06)
Besha Rodell, Creative Loafing Atlanta, "2006 Food Issue—From the Farm to Your Table" (10/12/06)
Barbara Yost, Arizona Republic, "Bringing A Restaurant to Life" (10/29/06)
UPDATE: The full list is now available here.