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James Beard Foundation

  1. Beard Awards
    Beard Awards Invite Bloggers to the TableThis year, the ‘Oscars of the industry’ add a category for Blogs focusing on Food, Restaurants, Beverage, or Nutrition.
    By Daniel Maurer
  2. Mediavore
    Spain Is the New Global Food Center; Graydon’s Monkey BackersIn our look at the morning headlines, James Beard goes to Vegas and kids take up cooking.
    By Michael Alan Connelly
  3. Foodievents
    Exclusive: Beard Foundation to Bring Top Chinese Chefs in the World Together inOn the heels of the Olympics, celebrating the new Chinese gastronomy here in New York.
  4. NewsFeed
    James Beard Foundation Finds That American Food Exists, But Nobody Knows What ItThe most American thing about American cuisine is … Americanness.
  5. Mediavore
    Food Prices Still Surging; Farewell to the Minetta TavernPlus: Mariah Carey’s wedding cake, Citymeals-on-Wheels’ economic troubles, and more in our morning roundup of food news and gossip.
  6. NewsFeed
    ‘Forbes’ Eyes Tomorrow’s Celebrity ChefsWho will be the next overexposed chef to dictate American cuisine?
  7. Mediavore
    Momofuku 2.0 Almost Ready; Return of Choco JesusNew and improved Momofuku Noodle Bar set to open next week. [NYT] Related: Keeping Up With the Momofukus [NYM] More Greek chefs are invading New York; “gastro-taverna” Athens Tavern opens today with a menu from top Athens chef Yianni Baxevanis. [NYT] Related: Psilakis Isn’t the Only Chef Who Knows Greek The chairwoman of the board of trustees of the James Beard Foundation resigned yesterday saying that her role as host of the PBS series Chef’s Story would make the show ineligible for awards. [NYT]
  8. NewsFeed
    Andrew Carmellini Stands Up for the BeardsThe Beard Foundation is taking a battering these days; even on the eve of its big night, its finances are being questioned, and foodies and cooks left and right have had a field day abusing them on the Web. And let’s not forget the huge embezzling scandal that engulfed the organization a couple of years ago. But there’s at least one chef who will speak up for the awards: Andrew Carmellini of A Voce.
  9. Mediavore
    Ruhlman Blasts Beards; Waverly Inn Impedes AmbulancesMichael Ruhlman blasts the Beards in his blog, questioning the organization’s whole purpose: “I’d like to know exactly what it is they intend to do, beyond give themselves an expensive party once a year.” [Ruhlman] Yum Brands, owner of the E. coli–ridden Taco Bell and the rat-infested Taco Bell–KFC, is making all kinds of money despite two PR disasters in one year. [International Herald-Tribune] A St. Vincent’s Hospital–bound ambulance was delayed, and not for the first time, by the congestion in front of the Waverly Inn, as “drivers for wealthy patrons slowly inched their limos out of the way.” [NYP]
  10. Mediavore
    Beard’s Finances Questioned; Restaurants Manipulate ZagatThe Beard Foundation, in the spotlight as Monday’s awards approach, is still on shaky ground financially, and questions still linger about the way it spends its money. [NYT] Restaurants are lobbying customers to vote for them in the Zagat survey, a trend nobody likes, but which few in the business can stop or resist. [NYP] The days of the fat chef seem to have been passed, leaving mostly whippet-slim cooks to inherit the world’s kitchens. [Waitrose via Serious Eats]