2010 James Beard Award Winners Announced, Atlanta A No Show

The James Beard Awards, handed out by the … James Beard Foundation (shocking I know), are the most prestigious culinary awards this country has to offer.  The annual event concluded just a short while ago … and the winners have been announced.  Amongst some of the notable awards … Marea in NYC won for the …

Sam Sifton Starts His New York Times Tenure With DBGB

Chef Daniel Boulud’s DBGB Kitchen and Bar just received a noteworthy 2-star review [very good] in the NY Times.  The review marks Sam Sifton’s debut as the food critic for the NY mega-paper, a post previously occupied by the well-known and somewhat controversial Frank Bruni.  Sifton has a distinctly different style than Bruni, who kicked …