(article, Caroline Cummins)
So the James Beard Foundation in NYC has announced the nominees for its annual best-of awards. Winners — in such categories as books, newspaper writing, radio, even restaurant design — will be announced in early May. In the meantime, check out the nominees that Culinate has already featured: h4. Cookbooks James Oseland's Cradle of Flavor Andrea Nguyen's Into the Vietnamese Kitchen Marcus Samuelsson's The Soul of a New Cuisine Roy Finamore's Tasty Sally Schneider's The Improvisational Cook John Scharffenberger and Robert Steinberg's The Essence of Chocolate h4. Nonfiction Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma Marion Nestle's What to Eat David Kamp's The United States of Arugula Bill Buford's Heat