Winners of the 2014 James Beard media awards
The winners of the 2014 James Beard Foundation book, broadcast and journalism awards announced Friday are:
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COOKBOOK AWARDS
— Cookbook of the Year
"Historic Heston" by Heston Blumenthal (Bloomsbury USA)
— Cookbook Hall of Fame
Diana Kennedy
— American Cooking
"The New Midwestern Table: 200 Heartland Recipes," by Amy Thielen (Random House)
— Baking and Dessert
"The Art of French Pastry" by Jacquy Pfeiffer with Martha Rose Shulman (Knopf)
— Beverage
"The Cocktail Lab: Unraveling the Mysteries of Flavor and Aroma in Drink, with Recipes" by Tony Conigliaro (Ten Speed Press)
— Cooking from a Professional Point of View
"Historic Heston" by Heston Blumenthal (Bloomsbury USA)
— Focus on Health
"Gluten-Free Girl Every Day" by Shauna James Ahern with Daniel Ahern (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
— General Cooking
"Smoke: New Firewood Cooking" by Tim Byres (Rizzoli New York)
— International
"Every Grain of Rice: Simple Chinese Home Cooking" by Fuchsia Dunlop (W. W. Norton & Company)
— Photography
"Rene Redzepi: A Work in Progress" by Photographers: Ali Kurshat Altinsoy, Ditte Isager, Rene Redzepi, Lars Williams and the Noma Team (Phaidon Press)
— Reference and Scholarship
"Soul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine One Plate at a Time" by Adrian Miller (The University of North Carolina Press)
— Single Subject
"Culinary Birds: The Ultimate Poultry Cookbook" by John Ash with James O. Fraioli (Running Press)
— Vegetable Focused and Vegetarian
"Vegetable Literacy" by Deborah Madison (Ten Speed Press)
— Writing and Literature
"Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us" by Michael Moss (Random House)
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BROADCAST AND NEW MEDIA AWARDS
— Outstanding Personality/Host
Host: Ina Garten
"Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics"
Network: Food Network
— Radio Show/Audio Webcast
"This American Life"
Host: Ben Calhoun
Area: Public Radio
Producer: Ben Calhoun
— Special/Documentary
"Eating Alabama"
Network: PBS
— Television Program, in Studio or Fixed Location
"Martha Stewart's Cooking School"
Host: Martha Stewart
Network: PBS
Producers: Greta Anthony, Christina Deyo, Michael Morrison, Olivia Schneider, Martha Stewart, Calia Van Dyk and Lisa Wagner
— Television Program, on Location
"The Mind of a Chef"
Host: Anthony Bourdain
Network: PBS
Producers: Jared Andrukanis, Anthony Bourdain, Joe Caterini, Chris Collins, Michael Steed and Lydia Tenaglia
— Television Segment
"Friday Arts, Art of Food"
Network: WHYY-TV
Producer: Monica Rogozinski
— Video Webcast, Fixed Location and/or Instructional
"Thirsty For..."
youtube.com/tastemade
Producers: Jay Holzer and Eric Slatkin
— Video Webcast, on Location
"The Perennial Plate: Europe and South Asia"
theperennialplate.com
Hosts: Mirra Fine and Daniel Klein
Producers: Mirra Fine and Daniel Klein
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JOURNALISM AWARDS
— Cooking, Recipes, or Instruction
Andy Ricker
Saveur
"The Star of Siam"
— Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Review Award
Alan Richman
GQ
"Alan Richman Walks Into a Jewish Deli..."
"The Elm: Is Brooklyn Ready for Sophisticated Dining?"
"ZZ's, the Most Expensive 58 Minutes in New York Dining"
— Food and Culture
John Birdsall
Lucky Peach
"America, Your Food Is So Gay"
— Food and Travel
Nick Paumgarten
Bon Appetit
"Lunch at 8,500 Ft."
— Food Coverage in a General-Interest Publication
The Wall Street Journal
"Off Duty" Section
Beth Kracklauer
— Food Politics, Policy, and the Environment
Eli Saslow
The Washington Post
"Food Stamps"
— Food-related Columns
Adam Sachs
Bon Appetit
The Obsessivore
— Group Food Blog
First We Feast
— Health and Well-Being
Rachael Moeller Gorman
EatingWell
"The Whole-Grain, Reduced-Fat, Zero-Calorie, High-Fiber, Lightly Sweetened Truth About Food Labels"
— Humor
Lisa Hanawalt
Lucky Peach
"On the Trail with Wylie"
— Individual Food Blog
Homesick Texan
Lisa Fain
— MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award
John Jeremiah Sullivan
Lucky Peach
"I Placed a Jar in Tennessee"
— Personal Essay
Fuchsia Dunlop
Lucky Peach
"Dick Soup"
— Profile
Francis Lam
Lucky Peach
"A Day on Long Island with Alex Lee"
— Publication of the Year
Civil Eats
— Visual Storytelling
James Maikowski, Patricia Sanchez, Stephen Scoble and Fredrika Stjarne
Food & Wine
"Best New Chef All-Stars"
"Oysters & Gumbo: A Chef's New Orleans Party"
"Vegetables Now"
— Wine, Spirits and Other Beverages
Besha Rodell
Punch
"40 Ounces to Freedom"
