print email comment close The James Beard Foundation URL: http://www.jamesbeard.org Description: The mission of this group is "to celebrate, preserve, and nurture America's culinary heritage and diversity in order to elevate the appreciation of our culinary excellence." The site features a list of yearly nominees and winners of the prestigious James Beard cookbook award back to 2003, news and notes about restaurants in various U.S. cities, brief background about Beard (1903-1985), recipes, and a glossary of exotic ingredient terms. Publisher: James Beard Foundation Extra Keywords cooking, cuisine LII Database Information: Record 22846 created by June Pilsitz on 11/02/2006 Last modification on 12/04/2006 Published: 12/06/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/22846