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Favorite Food People 2009

by Bruce Cormicle, Paul Mones, Brenda Athanus and Amy Ephron

	Alan Richman restaurant critic, (winner of 14 James Beard awards and a Bronze Star for his service in Vietnam), published in GQ - a true foodista – love him or hate him, the fact remains in a world drenched in mediocre food critics –from those writing for newspapers to the teeming nitwits who clog the food blogosphere – Alan’s writing, even after decades on the job, still stands out as being wise, fresh and bold.

	Mark Bittman for his minimalism, his accessibility, his exuberance, and for the fact that he has a sense of history and a totally modern blog.

	Nora Ephron for making the lovely and insightful Julie and Julia, understanding that social commentary belongs in any modern portrait, putting Julia Child back on the bestseller list, and still believing that apricot jello mold and succotash are perfect sides.

	Julia Child because her spirit is still with us.

	Nobu Matsuhisa because he belongs on every list, because he was first, and married three cuisines into something that was just his own.

	Nathan Mhyrvold former Microsoft chief technology guru, a true culinary astronaut, who through his Intellectual Ventures in Seattle, is quietly becoming the Mr. Science of the culinary world – Ferran Adria, move over.

	Lynda Resnick for being the first person who understood the anti-oxidant and culinary value of a pomegranate, that it, in itself, is a work of art and for her tireless and endless support of the arts.

	Kogi BBQ for blazing the trail and understanding that social networking is an interactive tool, as they twittered their locations all over L.A. (and their tacos are insane.)

	Two husband and wife teams:
	Ludovic & Krissy Lefevbre for creating the top two Los Angeles restaurants with their guerilla style pop-up bistronomies created in kitchen prep spaces the size of a hotplate when they took over the Breadbar and Royal T for a few weeks each this year.

	Aki Kamozawa & Alex Talbot and their blog: ideasinfood.com for re-inventing the future of food everyday and finally writing a cookbook.

	Anthony Bourdain in an interview after eating 20 plus courses and drinking 3 cases of wine at the French Laundry(with 3 other guests) - He compared it to driving in a vintage Caddy convertible stark naked sitting on a mink throw- like that description!

	Madeleine Kamman the Best cooking teacher in America, period!

	Rabelais bookstore e for effort! My hat comes off to you both for having such a great cookbook store and did I mention in Portland, Maine. Small miracles do happen..

	Thomas Keller the prince of food in America. So many restaurants, bistros and bakeries and all with such "supper"lative quality. How does he do it??