Winners of the 2014 James Beard media awards

The winners of the 2014 James Beard Foundation book, broadcast and journalism awards announced Friday are:

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COOKBOOK AWARDS

- Cookbook of the Year

“Historic Heston” by Heston Blumenthal (Bloomsbury USA)

- Cookbook Hall of Fame

Diana Kennedy

- American Cooking

“The New Midwestern Table: 200 Heartland Recipes,” by Amy Thielen (Random House)

- Baking and Dessert

“The Art of French Pastry” by Jacquy Pfeiffer with Martha Rose Shulman (Knopf)

- Beverage

“The Cocktail Lab: Unraveling the Mysteries of Flavor and Aroma in Drink, with Recipes” by Tony Conigliaro (Ten Speed Press)

- Cooking from a Professional Point of View

“Historic Heston” by Heston Blumenthal (Bloomsbury USA)

- Focus on Health

“Gluten-Free Girl Every Day” by Shauna James Ahern with Daniel Ahern (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

- General Cooking

“Smoke: New Firewood Cooking” by Tim Byres (Rizzoli New York)

- International

“Every Grain of Rice: Simple Chinese Home Cooking” by Fuchsia Dunlop (W. W. Norton & Company)

- Photography

“Rene Redzepi: A Work in Progress” by Photographers: Ali Kurshat Altinsoy, Ditte Isager, Rene Redzepi, Lars Williams and the Noma Team (Phaidon Press)

- Reference and Scholarship

“Soul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine One Plate at a Time” by Adrian Miller (The University of North Carolina Press)

- Single Subject

“Culinary Birds: The Ultimate Poultry Cookbook” by John Ash with James O. Fraioli (Running Press)

- Vegetable Focused and Vegetarian

“Vegetable Literacy” by Deborah Madison (Ten Speed Press)

- Writing and Literature

“Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us” by Michael Moss (Random House)

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BROADCAST AND NEW MEDIA AWARDS

- Outstanding Personality/Host

Host: Ina Garten

“Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics”

Network: Food Network

- Radio Show/Audio Webcast

“This American Life”

Host: Ben Calhoun

Area: Public Radio

Producer: Ben Calhoun

- Special/Documentary

“Eating Alabama”

Network: PBS

- Television Program, in Studio or Fixed Location

“Martha Stewart’s Cooking School”

Host: Martha Stewart

Network: PBS

Producers: Greta Anthony, Christina Deyo, Michael Morrison, Olivia Schneider, Martha Stewart, Calia Van Dyk and Lisa Wagner

- Television Program, on Location

“The Mind of a Chef”

Host: Anthony Bourdain

Network: PBS

Producers: Jared Andrukanis, Anthony Bourdain, Joe Caterini, Chris Collins, Michael Steed and Lydia Tenaglia

- Television Segment

“Friday Arts, Art of Food”

Network: WHYY-TV

Producer: Monica Rogozinski

- Video Webcast, Fixed Location and/or Instructional

“Thirsty For…”

youtube.com/tastemade

Producers: Jay Holzer and Eric Slatkin

- Video Webcast, on Location

“The Perennial Plate: Europe and South Asia”

theperennialplate.com

Hosts: Mirra Fine and Daniel Klein

Producers: Mirra Fine and Daniel Klein

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JOURNALISM AWARDS

- Cooking, Recipes, or Instruction

Andy Ricker

Saveur

“The Star of Siam”

- Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Review Award

Alan Richman

GQ

“Alan Richman Walks Into a Jewish Deli…”

“The Elm: Is Brooklyn Ready for Sophisticated Dining?”

“ZZ’s, the Most Expensive 58 Minutes in New York Dining”

- Food and Culture

John Birdsall

Lucky Peach

“America, Your Food Is So Gay”

- Food and Travel

Nick Paumgarten

Bon Appetit

“Lunch at 8,500 Ft.”

- Food Coverage in a General-Interest Publication

The Wall Street Journal

“Off Duty” Section

Beth Kracklauer

- Food Politics, Policy, and the Environment

Eli Saslow

The Washington Post

“Food Stamps”

- Food-related Columns

Adam Sachs

Bon Appetit

The Obsessivore

- Group Food Blog

First We Feast

- Health and Well-Being

Rachael Moeller Gorman

EatingWell

“The Whole-Grain, Reduced-Fat, Zero-Calorie, High-Fiber, Lightly Sweetened Truth About Food Labels”

- Humor

Lisa Hanawalt

Lucky Peach

“On the Trail with Wylie”

- Individual Food Blog

Homesick Texan

Lisa Fain

- MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award

John Jeremiah Sullivan

Lucky Peach

“I Placed a Jar in Tennessee”

- Personal Essay

Fuchsia Dunlop

Lucky Peach

“Dick Soup”

- Profile

Francis Lam

Lucky Peach

“A Day on Long Island with Alex Lee”

- Publication of the Year

Civil Eats

- Visual Storytelling

James Maikowski, Patricia Sanchez, Stephen Scoble and Fredrika Stjarne

Food & Wine

“Best New Chef All-Stars”

“Oysters & Gumbo: A Chef’s New Orleans Party”

“Vegetables Now”

- Wine, Spirits and Other Beverages

Besha Rodell

Punch

“40 Ounces to Freedom”