Ruth Reichl: "American Food Is the Best in the World Right Now"


Updated 01/15/12 1:04 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Ruth Reichl Interview at the Good Food Awards

This weekend, food artisans from around the country are being honored in the second annual Good Food Awards, which celebrate American food producers who enhance the country's agricultural landscape and help to build community. While the awards are relatively new to the gastronomic landscape, they're already backed by some of the country's biggest food influencers, such as Whole Foods, and seminal Read more

Yummy Links: From Beefy Crunch Burritos to Miami Burgers


Updated 01/12/11 12:40 PM · Posted by YumSugar · 0 comments

Ruth Reichl and Alice Waters Host the Good Food Awards, and More Food News

Taste tested: Taco Bell's Beefy Crunch Burrito. — Serious Eats Even without access to LA school cafeterias, Jamie Oliver pushes on. — Eater Ruth Reichl and Alice Waters will host the first Good Food Awards this weekend. — Grub Street SF Dining at Ina Garten's house. — The Hungry Beast Sustainable seafood ratings: are they all just marketing baloney? — Salon Food Warm up this Winter Read more

Michael Fassbender Goes Shirtless — And Reveals His Oscars Date!


Updated 01/26/12 4:26 PM · Posted by · 5 comments

Michael Fassbender Shirtless Hollywood Reporter Cover

Michael Fassbender is hot and shirtless on this week's edition of The Hollywood Reporter. There was a lot of ground for Michael to cover with the publication, including his amazing 2011, full frontal nudity in Shame, and upcoming Steven Soderbergh movie Haywire. Shame has gotten Michael noticed this award season, and after getting a nod in the best actor category at the Golden Globes, odds are Read more

Real Talk With TV Broke Girl Beth Behrs


Updated 01/11/12 12:00 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

2 Broke Girls' Beth Behrs Interview About Money

We're thrilled to present this smart LearnVest story here on Savvy! Since when is being broke funny? Since CBS released its new sitcom 2 Broke Girls, in which actress Beth Behrs plays a recently humbled heiress, Caroline, who moves to Brooklyn to hide out after her father loses their family fortune in a Ponzi scheme. Caroline winds up living with her perpetually poor fellow waitress, Max, played Read more

IACP Announces Cookbook Award Winners


Updated 06/05/11 4:25 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

2011 IACP Cookbook Award Winners

The International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) are currently gathered in Austin, TX, for their annual weeklong conference. Last night, Dave Arnold, the director of technology for The French Culinary Institute and Chris Young, the co-author of Modernist Cuisine, hosted the 2011 Cookbook Awards Gala. Among the winners? The New York Times and Food52's Amanda Hesser and French Read more

Top Chef, No Reservations Among 2011 Emmy Nominations


Updated 07/26/11 2:43 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Food Shows Nominated For 2011 Primetime Emmy Awards

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced its 2011 nominations for Primetime Emmy Awards this morning, and, as usual, a number of food programs were included. On the exhaustive list of Emmy nominees were Top Chef for Outstanding Reality Competition (among other nominations); and Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations for Outstanding Nonfiction Series, with a number of additional nods Read more