Cecilia Chiang to Get Lifetime Achievement Honor at This Year’s Beard Awards
The 93-year-old restaurateur is credited with having introduced Americans to the spicier side of Szechuan and Hunan cooking.
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Nevada Joins Western Region for Next Year’s James Beard Awards
The category will now be Best Chef: West, including Nevada, California, and Hawaii.
Commonwealth, Sean Baker, Corey Lee Among the Semifinalists for the 2011 James Beard Awards
Also, a number of familiar names return to the lists as well.
David Kinch Makes a Savory Strawberry Gazpacho on Martha
The Beard Award winning Manresa chef makes a cold soup out of strawberries, cucumber, onions, and peppers.
Whither Jeremiah Tower?
"The legendary chef of Stars (a onetime San Francisco game-changer) was [at the Beards], looking tan and relaxed. For those wondering about his whereabouts, he is currently living in Mexico, where he's busy with diving, architecture, and travel writing." —...
And, Finally, Congrats to Nicole Plue
We'll stop with the Beard stuff, but these are the Oscars of the food world... And we have to give a warm round of applause to Best Pastry Chef in the nation, Nicole Plue, of Yountville's Redd. Michael Bauer did...
Local Beard Award Winners Smile For Grub Street’s Camera
A slideshow of local heroes (and others) at the 2010 James Beard Awards.
Beard Awards: Kinch Clinches Best Chef, Pacific
Well, we were right about the L.A. folks being long shots, and we we did say that a win for Kinch would be no surprise, but we kind of biffed it on this one. Congratulations to David Kinch at Los...
Beard Predictions: Best Chef, Pacific Region
Though Kinch has been nominated before, and Fox is certainly a dark horse, we're calling it for Michael Tusk.
SF’s Beard Nominees Get Tanked on Rosé at Barbuto
The gang was all on hand yesterday, having a group dinner at Jonathan Waxman's meatpacking district home.
Beard Predictions: Rising Star Chef
Will it be Timothy Hollingsworth, Johnny Monis, Gregory Pugin, Gabriel Rucker, or Sue Zemanick?
Frances, Flour + Water, and Boulevard Top Beard Award National Finalists
San Francisco got beat out L.A. in the Best Chef: Pacific category with three out of the five finalists, and Boulevard lands in the Outstanding Restaurant category.