2010 James Beard Foundation Media Awards Winners

by POPSUGAR Food 0

The James Beard Foundation Awards — the culinary world's Oscars equivalent — kicked off last night with its media portion. Among the winners? In books, Thomas Keller's Ad Hoc at Home nabbed general cooking book honors (the award will look good next to last week's IACP nod). Travel Channel's Andrew Zimmern won in the television category for Best TV Food Personality, beating out Alton Brown and Rick Bayless. CHOW took best food website honors, and Serious Eats won the top food blog category.

See the full list of winners, after the break.

Book Awards

• American Cooking
  Real Cajun
  by Donald Link with Paula Disbrowe
  (Clarkson Potter)
• Baking and Dessert
  Baking
  by James Peterson
  (Ten Speed Press)
• Beverage
  Been Doon So Long: A Randall Grahm Vinthology
  by Randall Grahm
  (University of California Press)
• Cooking from a Professional Point of View
  The Fundamental Techniques of Classic Pastry Arts
  by The French Culinary Institute with Judith Choate
  (Stewart, Tabori & Chang)
• General Cooking
  Ad Hoc at Home
  by Thomas Keller with Dave Cruz
  (Artisan Books)
• Healthy Focus
  Love Soup: 160 All-New Vegetarian Recipes from the Author of “The Vegetarian Epicure”
  by Anna Thomas
  (W.W. Norton & Company)
• International
  The Country Cooking of Ireland
  by Colman Andrews
  (Chronicle Books)
• Photography
  Seven Fires: Grilling the Argentine Way
  Photographer: Santiago Soto Monllor
  (Artisan Books)
• Reference and Scholarship
  Encyclopedia of Pasta
  by Oretta Zanini de Vita
  Translated by Maureen B. Fant
  (University of California Press)
• Single Subject
  Pasta Sfoglia
  by Ron and Colleen Suhanosky
  with Susan Simon
  (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)
• Writing and Literature
  Save the Deli
  by David Sax
  (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
• Cookbook of the Year
  The Country Cooking of Ireland
  by Colman Andrews
  (Chronicle Books)
• Cookbook Hall of Fame
  A Book of Middle Eastern Food
  by Claudia Roden

Broadcast Media Awards

• Audio Webcast or Radio Show
  The Kojo Nnamdi Show
  Host: Kojo Nnamdi
  Areas: Washington, D.C., Online
  Producers: Tara Boyle, Michael Martinez, Ingalisa Schrobsdorff, Brendan Sweeney, and Diane Vogel
• Television Show, In Studio or Fixed Location
  French Food at Home with Laura Calder
  Host: Laura Calder
  Network: Food Network Canada
  Producer: Johanna Eliot
• Television Show, On Location
  Chefs A’ Field: King of Alaska
  Host: Rick Moonen
  Network: PBS
  Producers: Heidi Hanson and Chris Warner
• TV Food Personality
  Andrew Zimmern
  Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
  Network: The Travel Channel
• Television Special
  Food Trip with Todd English
  Host: Todd English
  Network: PBS
  Producers: Matt Cohen, Joel Coblenz, Todd English, and Gina Gargano
• Television Segment
  ABC News Nightline
  Host: John Berman
  Network: ABC
  Producer: Sarah Rosenberg
• Video Webcast
  The Greenmarket: One Farmer’s Story
  Seriouseats.com
  Producers: Ed Levine, Serious Eats, and Optic Nerve

Journalism Awards

• Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Reviews
  Jonathan Gold
  LA Weekly
  “Sauced,” “Hot Birria, Cold Cerveza,” “Hare Today”
• Food Blog
  Serious Eats
  Ed Levine
  Seriouseats.com
• Food-Related Columns
  Rachel Wharton
  Edible Brooklyn
  Column: Back of the House
  “Egg,” “Roberta’s,” “Franny’s and Bklyn Larder”
• Magazine Feature Writing About Restaurants and/or Chefs
  Anya von Bremzen
  Saveur
  “Soul of a City”
• Magazine Feature Writing with Recipes
  Francine Maroukian, Jon Reiner, and Staff of Esquire
  Esquire
  “How Men Eat”
• Magazine Feature Writing without Recipes
  Barry Estabrook
  Gourmet
  “The Price of Tomatoes”
• M.F.K. Fisher Distinguished Writing Award
  Francine Prose
  Saveur “Faith and Bacon”
• Multimedia Food Feature
  Kevin Pang
  Chicagotribune.com
  “The Cheeseburger Show”
• Newspaper Feature Writing About Restaurants and/or Chefs
  Jared Jacang Maher
  Westword
  “A Hunger to Help”
• Newspaper Feature Writing
  Cliff Doerksen
  Chicago Reader
  “The Real American Pie”
• Newspaper Food Section
  The Washington Post
  Joe Yonan
• Reporting on Health, Environment, or Nutrition
  Rowan Jacobsen
  EatingWell
  “…Or Not to Bee”
• Website Focusing on Food, Beverage, Restaurants, or Nutrition
  Chow.com
  Jane Goldman
• Writing on Spirits, Wine, or Beer
  Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl
  Minnesota Monthly
  “Chardonnay Uncorked”