Side Dishes: Vermonters up for food awards
Awards season isn't just for stars of the big and small screens dressed in bling and skimpy outfits — folks in toques get to partake, too.
Two heavies in the culinary world, the James Beard Foundation and the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP), just announced the nominees for their 2008 prizes. Here's a run-down of some of the candidates with Vermont connections. Congrats and good luck!
James Beard Awards
Healthy Focus
The EatingWell Diet
by Jean Harvey-Berino with Joyce Hendley and the editors of EatingWell
(The Countryman Press)
Reference
A Geography of Oysters: The Connoisseur's Guide to Oyster Eating in North America
by Rowan Jacobsen (Bloomsbury)
Magazine feature writing with recipes
Barbara Kafka Saveur
"Toss and Serve"
Reporting on nutrition or food-related consumer issues
Peter Jaret
EatingWell Magazine
"The Search for the Anti-Aging Diet"
Rising Star chef of the year award
Gavin Kaysen
(New England Culinary Institute graduate) Café Boulud, New York City
IACP Awards
Food Reference/Technical Category
A Geography of Oysters: The Connoisseur's Guide to Oyster Eating in North America
by Rowan Jacobsen
(Bloomsbury)
Essay Category
Laura Fraser
EatingWell Magazine
"Food for the Heart"