By now you’ve seen the announcements for the Oscars of food writing, the James Beard Awards for books, broadcast and journalism.
But have you read the pieces that won over the judges? I thought not.
I tracked down a handful of feature stories and explain why this is food writing at its finest. Here’s what it takes to win an award of this caliber, with links to writers so you can investigate who won as well:
1. Cooking, Recipes, or Instruction: Anna Thomas, Eating Well, for “The Soup for Life”
Here’s a sensuous look at how Thomas concocted recipes for green soups for her most recent cookbook, Love Soup. Her writing is full of action verbs (“a bitter wind was swatting down the last damp leaves”), evocative writing (“onions, slowly sizzling in the skillet, turned the color of [Read more…] about 9 James Beard Award-Winning Stories, and Why They Won
