2011 James Beard Journalism Finalists: Featuring Jonathan Gold, Patric Kuh
Less than half an hour ago, the James Beard Foundation announced the nominees for the 2011 JBF Journalism Awards, and the Weekly's own Jonathan Gold earned two nods (for Food-Related Feature and for the M.F.K. Fisher award) as did Los Angeles magazine restaurant critic Patric Kuh, who was nominated for the Craig Claiborne and M.F.K. Fisher awards. Gold is also one of the 2011 Who's Who inductees.
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The awards will be presented at a ceremony on May 6th at Espace in New York. 
Full list after the jump. Here are the highlights:
Group Food Blog: City of Ate (Dallas Observer), The Epi-Log (Epicurious), Grub Street New York (New York Magazine)
Individual Food Blog: Politics of the Plate (Barry Estabrook), Poor Man's Feast (Elissa Altman), Red Cook (Kian Lam Kho)
Food-Related Feature: Jonathan Gold (LA Weekly), Dan Koeppel (Saveur), Corby Kummer (TheAtlantic.com)
Craig Claiborne: Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl (Minnesota Monthly), Patric Kuh (Los Angeles), Adam Platt (New York)
M.F.K. Fisher: Colman Andrews (Departures), Jonathan Gold (LA Weekly), Patric Kuh (Saveur)
One more note: "Good Grain: Baking with Whole Grain Flours," written by Kim Boyce and Squid Ink editor Amy Scattergood, was a finalist in the Baking and Dessert Cookbook category. Sweet.
Click here for a complete list of the nominees for the 2011 James Beard Awards (JBFA) in journalism.
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