James Beard Award

Robin Wilkey

Beloved SF Restaurant Deemed Best In America

HuffingtonPost.com | Robin Wilkey | Posted 05.09.2012

After twenty years, eight nominations and endless servings of filet mignon, San Francisco's Boulevard restaurant has taken home the James Beard Award ...

Wolfgang Puck Lands Lifetime Achievement Award

AP | J.M. HIRSCH | Posted 03.31.2012

The so-called Oscars of the food world this year will give the ultimate nod to a man best known for feeding celebrities at the real Oscars. The James...

James Beard Awards Semifinalists Announced

Posted 05.25.2011

The James Beard Foundation has announced the semifinalists in restaurants and chefs for the 2011 James Beard awards -- including pastry chefs, restaur...

Process or Perish: Praise for Packaged Food

Karen Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Karen Kelly

Families can't always whip up a from-scratch meal every night. What kinds of canned, boxed or bagged items do you have in your pantry? And can you live without them?

The Secret Knives Of Chefs: Bob Kramer's Legendary Knives & 6 Chefs' Favorite Blades

Find. Eat. Drink. | Posted 05.25.2011

Find. Eat. Drink.

Chef Charlie Palmer has a Michelin star, a few James Beard Awards, and a Kramer Knife. Chef Thomas Keller has three Michelin stars, several James B...

Rick Bayless: Chicago's Official Mexican chef?

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 05.25.2011

Esther J. Cepeda

In a town with at least a handful of hot Latino chefs and restaurateurs - and where 1.44 million of its 1.8 million Hispanics are of Mexican descent - when you look at all the Mexican chefs who are referred to as Mexican food experts in Chicago's media, there's no list - it's just Rick Bayless.