Mon 23 Mar 2009 10:59 am
Finalists for the 2009 James Beard awards, the Oscars of the industry, were announced today. Finalists for Best Chef: Northwest are a noteworthy and familiar group: Seattle dominated the field, with Maria Hines of Tilth, Joseba Jiminez de Jiminez of Harvest Vine and Txori, Ethan Stowell of Union, Tavolata, How To Cook A Wolf, and Anchovies & Olives, and Jason Wilson of Crush. Cathy Whims of Nostrana in Portland also made the list here.
For national awards, Tom Douglas is on the list for outstanding restaurateur.
And, to my honest shock and delight, I seem to be on the list for Newspaper Feature Writing With Recipes.
Here is a link to the PI article that was nominated (edited to add link on March 24):
Super-succulent imports are everything U.S. pork isn’t
I’ll update once I pick my jaw up off the floor. Congratulations to everyone. The winners will be announced May 4 at Lincoln Center in New York. The full list of nominees, including cookbook picks, is here as well.
Huge congrats, Rebekah!
Wow. My jaw is not on the floor! Way to go, Rebekah.
Congratulations! You very much deserve the nomination. :)
Congratulations, Rebekah! Well deserved kudos from the JB House.
Congratulations! We have to celebrate….maybe with some Korean food?
well deserved good news!!!
So well deserved! Does this mean a trip to the East Coast?
Al P.I….
Ben ghe` sta!
Rebekah, you are the only one who is surprised, the rest of us are yelling loudly and waving madly in your cheering section! What shall we cook to celebrate???
Goofball … You’re awesome. Everyone who’s anyone knows it. Congrats with deepest sincerity:)
That’s great news, and well deserved. Congratualations!
I love when the truly talented and fabulous are recognized. Well deserved, R!!
Wooo hoo!!! All this and modest too. You are a superstar.
Yahoo!
Hi, I’m trying to put up links to all the nominated journalism, and your pig piece is proving hard to find. Do you have a link to it?
Incidentally, I’m up for pig-related stuff too, although you can’t really tell from the list the Beard folks put out– two of my Sky Full of Bacon podcasts are included in the Chicago Reader’s multimedia nomination for The Whole Hog Project.
Oh my god! So deserved. I’m glad to see you get the extremely warranted attention!! Are you going to be there for the awards? How awesome!
Thank you, Mike, for reminding me. Here’s the link to the article:
Super-succulent imports are everything U.S. pork isn’t
Thanks. Here’s links to all the newspaper nominees, I’ll post more over the next couple of days:
http://skyfullofbacon.com/blog/?p=190
I’m not surprised at all. You’re one of the best in the country. I’m glad these James Beard folks think so, too.
I still think the P-I should pay for your trip to New York….
Not a suprise at all. Congratulations!
A belated CONGRATULATIONS, Rebekah! That is really terrific news.
Absolutely wonderful news, Rebekah. I’ll be rooting! (Possibly “root vegetabling…?”)