You can find the complete list of the 2009 James Beard Award winners by clicking here. As I reported last month, the “cooking from a professional point of view” category was an extremely interesting one to follow, with Thomas Keller (The French Laundry), Heston Blumenthal (The Fat Duck), and Grant...

The 2009 James Beard Foundation Cookbook Awards have just been announced. The awards are like the “Oscars” of the culinary world and are the country’s most coveted honor for chefs. If you are not aware (where have you been?), the James Beard Foundation is a highly-respected, super-active...