Hey, We Won a Beard Award!

Published on Tuesday, May 4, 2010, by Jane Goldman / Edit Post

You are reading, right here, the Best Website Focusing on Food, Beverage, Restaurants, or Nutrition. We were nominated with some fantastic sites—Epicurious, the gold standard and goldmine of great stuff, and Saveur, with a beautiful redesign and some cool, forward-thinking features—so it's not baloney to say that we were honored to be nominated. It's a whole lot of fun to win, though. We're not that far from our scrappy, unpaid-staff-in-my-apartment days, so it's especially gratifying to have the august folks at the James Beard foundation look kindly on our work. Hooray and congratulations to our talented, driven staff, who care about making even the smallest things great.

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  • Congrats I really enjoy this site, I'm glad to read such great news.

  • You deserve any award you're nominated for!! This is such a great website! Kudos to all of you that make it possible and make it so....a heartfelt thanks!!

  • Congratulations! Well deserved!

  • Congrats!!!!! I love this site,so much more than just recipes...Good job

  • CONGRATS TO THE BEST!!!!

  • So amazing, it's well deserved, and like everyone else has already stated, I've been frequenting this site for years, It's a twice a day routine.

  • Just found this site a few months ago and now have several, I'll make these for life recipes. This is the only cooking site I go to daily and I've been cooking since a long time ago. Thanks for your hard work and congratulations.

  • Well done!

  • Way to go, guys.

  • Alright, Jane! As you say--an honor to be nominated but way more fun to win. It must feel great! Good for you and your staff.

  • I love this site! You guys are doing a wonderful job! From the video segments, to the slideshows, to the one page .pdfs, Chow is most definitely a James Beard award deserving site!
    I think my favorite about the site are all the videos! YDIAW, Obsessives, Chow tips...they're sooo sooo helpful! Plus, it's got such a casual vibe.
    Keep up the good work!

  • If you're reading Epicurious, YDIAW!!

  • So well deserved! It's so refreshing to be in a community that still promotes natural, home cooked food. In a world where even the food network is encouraging everybody to settle for store bought (Anthony Bourdain on Sandra Lee anyone?) it's important to still have voices saying "don't settle for that pre-made stuff. Homemade is better, not that hard, and a lot of fun!

    In general I also prefer...+READ

    So well deserved! It's so refreshing to be in a community that still promotes natural, home cooked food. In a world where even the food network is encouraging everybody to settle for store bought (Anthony Bourdain on Sandra Lee anyone?) it's important to still have voices saying "don't settle for that pre-made stuff. Homemade is better, not that hard, and a lot of fun!

    In general I also prefer CHOW over the other sites because of the variety of content... it's not just recipes, it's a blog and restaurant guide and recipe and technique guide, and full of interesting stories too. It's one of my favourite websites.-COLLAPSE

  • Bravo! And why not, because this is my favorite food website. I've learned boatloads.

  • Congratulations! Well deserved!

  • Hot damn, congratulations to you! It's well-deserved!