502566 Tue Mar 25 09:53:03 -0700 2008 6 33 Food Media and News 0 3525807 Here are the L.A. based nominees for the 2008 James Beard Foundation Awards: http://jbfawards.com/content/2008-nominees James Beard Foundation Books Awards: ENTERTAINING Welcome to Michael's: Great Food, Great People, Great Party! by Michael McCarthy (Little, Brown and Company) James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards MAGAZINE FEATURE WRITING ABOUT RESTAURANTS AND/OR CHEFS Dave Gardetta Los Angeles Magazine "The 800th Plate" RESTAURANT REVIEWS Brad A. Johnson Angeleno "Hampton's", "Sona", "The Penthouse" WEBSITE FOCUSING ON FOOD, BEVERAGE, RESTAURANT, OR NUTRITION Chow.com Jane Goldman 2008 James Beard Foundation Restaurant and Chef Awards OUTSTANDING RESTAURATEUR AWARD Wolfgang Puck The Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group Beverly Hills, CA OUTSTANDING CHEF AWARD Suzanne Goin Lucques, Los Angeles OUTSTANDING RESTAURANT AWARD Campanile, Los Angeles Chef/Owner: Mark Peel BEST NEW RESTAURANT Osteria Mozza, Los Angeles Chef: Matt Molina Owners: Nancy Silverton, Mario Batali, Joseph Bastianich RISING STAR CHEF OF THE YEAR AWARD Matt Molina Osteria Mozza, Los Angeles BEST CHEFS IN AMERICA: PACIFIC (CA, HI) David Myers Sona Los Angeles Tue Mar 25 09:53:03 -0700 2008 85884 maxzook 1 3525826 Links ... Tue Mar 25 09:56:05 -0700 2008 3525807 85884 maxzook 1 3526575 Thanks for the news. Congrats to Chow.com (and all its faithful Chowhounds) for being nominated for best foodie website!! Tue Mar 25 12:50:54 -0700 2008 3525807 153275 Waverly SGV 2 3526671 Yes! That's very cool. Tue Mar 25 13:13:49 -0700 2008 3526575 13957 slacker 1 3526592 I don't know if Mozza has really earned it... What about places like Bashan? the food is good at mozza, though, So I guess the service and noise level isn't an issue. Tue Mar 25 12:53:09 -0700 2008 3525807 11201 Diana 1 3526848 Bashan wasn't even on the long list. It's a bit of a popularity contest to get trimmed from that list to this. Now the committee takes over. Tue Mar 25 13:50:34 -0700 2008 3525807 50350 SauceSupreme 1 3526917 I just did a quick grep through the lists on the awards Web site and got the following geographical counts: New York City: 21 Bay Area: 15 Chicago: 13 Los Angeles: 8 The analysis is rough, because of certain difficulties in the data: I didn't count Michael McCarthy in either LA or NYC; Chicago is more likely than LA to dominate its region (and receive more regional mentions); etc. But it is interesting that America's second-largest city was referenced so infrequently, at least among the nominations. Tue Mar 25 14:07:33 -0700 2008 3525807 77350 sbritchky