While you’re busy running service, we’re scouring the Internet in search of the latest and greatest stories to hit the airwaves. This week, we’re celebrating the James Beard Journalism Award winners with a Fodder for Thought TAKEOVER! Linked below are all the award-winning stories – from the best profiles to the top food & culture writings, curl with your browser and catch up with the best of the best from the James Beard Foundation!
2017 James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards
Columns
The New York Times Magazine | A Haitian Grandmother’s Home-Cooked Porridge, Kimchi Fried Rice, Korean Comfort Food, and “Casa Calamari”
Francis Lam
Dining and Travel
Eater | I Want Crab. Pure Maryland Crab
Bill Addison
Food and Culture
Roads & Kingdoms | A Last Dinner in the Jungle
Shane Mitchell
Food and Health
Cooking Light | Brain Food
Hunter Lewis, Carolyn Williams, Sidney Fry, and Peggy Knickerbocker
Food Coverage in a General-Interest Publication
David Remnick, Lauren Collins, Dana Goodyear, and Carolyn Kormann
Food Reporting
Associated Press | Exploited in Paradise series
Martha Mendoza and Margie Mason
Humor
Cooking Light | Recipes with Roots: The True Meaning of Turkey
Francis Lam
Local Impact
The Post and Courier | Free Crabs!, A Significant Goodbye, Feeding the Prison System
Hanna Raskin
Personal Essay
Serious Eats | All I Want Are Some Potato Skins
Keith Pandolfi
Profile
Thrillist | Finding Pete Wells: A Search for America’s Most Dangerous Restaurant Critic
Kevin Alexander
Visual Storytelling
Eater | Thrill Ride
Vince Dixon and Mariya Pylayev
Wine, Spirits, and Other Beverages
Thrillist | The Great Craft Beer Sellout
Dave Infante
Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Review Award
Portland Monthly | High Chairs and Hard Core, The X-Files, Beyond Biscuits and Gravy
Karen Brooks
MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award
Roads & Kingdoms | The Dog Thief Killings
Calvin Godfrey
Publication of the Year