J.M. HIRSCH

AP Food Editor
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Puck to be honored by James Beard Foundation

The so-called Oscars of the food world this year will give the ultimate nod to a man best known for feeding celebrities at the real Oscars.

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Analysis: Tiny desserts, bacon backlash shape 2011

2011: The year I officially became the last American to still eat gluten.

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Pepin says consumers may pay price of chefs' fame

What price fame? Perhaps a raw deal on your meal, says Jacques Pepin.

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Alton Brown wants next cookbook to be e-book

Alton Brown's next cookbook may be more like "The Matrix" than Food Network.

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Whoopi Goldberg says potato chips are her weakness

Culinary confession time for Whoopi Goldberg: Potato chips are her undoing.

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Ferran Adria: Haute cuisine fueling foodie culture

If you snicker at the foams, edible papers and other hallmark foods of haute cuisine, you may want to reconsider.

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'Chopped' judge says TV raises stakes for chefs

Television has changed not just the way Americans see food, but also how restaurateurs must deliver it, says Food Network star Scott Conant.

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How good is a $16 muffin? Find out for yourself

So political kerfuffle aside, you have to wonder exactly what a $16 muffin would taste like.

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Food Oscars give nod to Jose Andres, Danny Meyer

Small plates have earned Jose Andres one of the food world's biggest honors.

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Whoever he or she is, Ruth Bourdain wins a Beard

Ruth Bourdain: acerbic, androgynous, foul-mouthed, totally fictitious and now...? James Beard Foundation winner.

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Ducasse credits success to 'glocal' approach

For world-renowned chef Alain Ducasse, preserving the flavor his ingredients goes hand in hand with preserving the flavor of the cities that make each of his restaurants distinct.

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Rachael Ray: small steps key to child nutrition

Though she lobbied Congress last year to boost the reimbursement rate for school lunches, food celebrity Rachael Ray said Saturday that improving school nutrition can best be tackled closer to home, in small steps without stepping on toes.

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Art Smith: stars can make healthy eating sexy

Defending the often frenzied food celebrity culture, chefs Art Smith and Spike Mendelsohn said Saturday that more stars should use their status to promote healthy eating.

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d'Arabian stretches definition of kids' cooking

On television, Melissa d'Arabian teaches families how to stretch their food budgets. At home, she stretches the definition of cooking with kids.

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DiSpirito: ditch the calories, keep the sin

Celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito wants to turn a collection of healthy recipes into a lifestyle, and he wants people to feel bad about it.

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Jamie Oliver: food for kids a civil rights issue

British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver called Sarah Palin a "Froot Loop" for criticizing the Obama administration's healthy eating initiatives, and said getting healthy foods to kids is a civil rights issue.

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South Beach wine, food festival heads to LA

The man who has orchestrated the South Beach Wine and Food Festival for the last decade is close to finalizing plans for a West Coast version. But after that, future expansion will be someone else's job.

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Ted Allen: food fights shouldn't be political

Ted Allen wants to keep politics out of the kitchen.

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Chefs Love, Besh: authentic food has staying power

Personal pride may eclipse economic and health concerns in driving the local food movement, but so could participation by corporate America, chef Tim Love said Friday during a discussion of food geography at the South Beach Wine and Food Festival.

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Michael Symon tops South Beach Burger Bash

Food Network Iron Chef Michael Symon credits his meat-on-meat style for winning him top burger at the South Beach Wine and Food Festival.

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Martha Stewart in the kitchen with new baking show

The oven is on, Martha Stewart is in the kitchen, and class is in session.

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Former Gourmet editor to join Random House

Former Gourmet magazine editor Ruth Reichl is joining the Random House Publishing Group, where she will both edit and write books, including a memoir of her years at the now shuttered magazine.

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Conde Nast moving Bon Appetit, editor to step down

Nearly a year after shuttering Gourmet magazine, Conde Nast is shaking up the food world once again.

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The 20 Burgers of Summer: Spike Mendelsohn

A burger so over-the-top it's just a hair shy of overwhelming. Kind of like the news media these days?

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`Top Chef' judge Colicchio named top chef for 2010

"Top Chef" judge Tom Colicchio passed a quickfire challenge of his own Monday when he was named the nation's top chef by the James Beard Foundation.

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