2022 James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards
Columns and Newsletters
Tex-Mexplainer: “Nixtamalization Is the 3,500-Year-Old Secret to Great Tortillas”; “Live a Little and Try Crunching on Chapulines, or Roasted Grasshoppers”; “Forget Everything You Think You Know About Mole” by Jose Ralat, Texas Monthly
Dining and Travel
“Right Around the Corner” Francis Lam, Conde Nast Traveler
Feature Reporting
“Inside the Secretive, Semi-Illicit, High Stakes World of WhatsApp Mango Importing” by Ahmed Ali Akbar, Eater
Food Coverage in a General Interest Publication
Foodways
“Eating in Xi’an, Where Wheat and Lamb Speak to China’s Varied Palate” by Ligaya Mishan for T Magazine
Health and Wellness
“Cultivating Better Health” by Michael Behar, Eating Well
Home Cooking
“The Way of Clay” by Mary Frances Heck
Innovative Storytelling
“A Feast for Lost Souls” by Annelise Jolley and Zahara Gómez Lucini for the Atavist Magazine
Investigative Reporting
“NYC Food Delivery Workers Band to Demand Better Treatment. Will New York Listen to Los Deliveristas Unidos?”; “Food Delivery Workers Toiling Through Historic Flooding Call Skimpy Wages and Tips ‘A Cruel Joke’”; “New York City Passes Landmark New Protections for Food Delivery Workers” by Claudia Irizarry Aponte and Josefa Velasquez for The City NYC
Personal Essay — Long Form
“It’s Time to Decolonize Wine” by Miguel de Leon for Punch
Personal Essay — Short Form
“The Dangers of Bartending While Asian,” by Kaylee Hammonds for Food and Wine
Profile
“Patsy Young — American Brewer, Fugitive From Slavery” by Theresa McCulla for Good Beer Hunting
Jonathan Gold Local Voice Award
“‘Too Much to Lose.’ Why a Miami Man Moved into a Backyard Tent During Coronavirus Crisis”; “Salt Bae’s Restaurant Called Cops on Customer who Wouldn’t Pay for Gold-Wrapped Steaks”; “How to Eat Like a Local in Miami: A Local’s Guide to Dining in the 305” by Carlos Frias, Miami Herald
Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Review Award
“The Bay Area is Having a Love Affair with Smashburgers. This is the One You’ll Want to Eat Again and Again”; “Impossible’s New Vegan Nuggets Taste Better than McNuggets. Sadly, that’s not Saying Much”; “S.F. Restaurant’s $72 Fried Rice Was a Runaway Hit. It Was Also the Chef’s Nightmare,” Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle
MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award
“Right Around the Corner,” Francis Lam for Conde Nast Traveler
(I added the links I could find - some are behind paywalls and others appear to be correct but titles have been changed.)
