Culinary legend James Beard has some prestigious awards named for him, and announcements of the winners are slowly being revealed. The winners of the Journalism and Broadcast Media awards have been announced, and the Chron came up big. Seriously, I know we're like the San Francisco Chronicle cheerleading squad lately -- but that paper won several awards and we're big fans of the winners: the Food Section itself won (section F, take a bow), while Janet Fletcher won for "Newspaper Feature Writing With Recipes" for this article. more ›

We gobble the various food sections up each Wednesday. These are our favorite tidbits from today's offerings: SF Chronicle Stanford alum and local food writer Janet Fletcher gives three quickie menus--that’s 90 minutes if you have sharp knives and decent kitchen skills--to entertain during the holidays. We may try out Linda Furiya’s Five-Spice Persimmon Cake for a holiday party we’re attending this Sunday. It sounds sweet with a little spice and will feed sixteen people.Sad pizza news: Nicky’s Pizzeria Rustica is closing. No more square shaped Tuscan style pizza for Russian swillers. (SFist Ced was so there on October 12th of this year.)

Contra Costa ( CoCo ) Times Prime Rib 101 shows the differing cheffie opinions on how to prep and cook one of our fave types of red meat. We agree with the author and favor a garlic/herb rub that seems to guarantee delish results. Wine lovers, time to sign up for a wine club. more ›

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