Missy Frederick

3 days ago | nola.eater.com | Henna Bakshi |Erin Perkins |Missy Frederick

Eater editors recently visited New Orleans and ate through a long list of restaurants. We hit the classics, taking full advantage of the 25-cent martinis and turtle soup at Commander’s Palace, coffee and beignets at Cafe Du Monde, and French 75s at Arnaud’s. And then we hit the new cool kids in town, like Acamaya, Lagniappe Bakehouse, and the Kingsway, among plenty of others.

1 week ago | dc.eater.com | Missy Frederick |Tierney Plumb

Carlos Delgado of Causa and Bar Amazonia has taken home the illustrious James Beard Award for Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic. The James Beard Foundation announced the winners of its 35th-annual Restaurant and Chef Awards during a glitzy Monday night gala at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Well-dressed hospitality professionals were crowned coveted medals across dozens of categories in what is largely considered the Oscars of the food world. Read the full list of winners here.

1 week ago | miami.eater.com | Missy Frederick

Lille Allen/EaterChef Nando Chang of Itamae AO in Miami has received the prestigious James Beard Award in the category of Best Chef: South. The chef from the Nikkei cuisine restaurant-in-a-restaurant was one of two nominees for the city (Italian cocktail destination ViceVersa was nominated in the Best New Bar category, though it went to Identidad Cocktail Bar in Puerto Rico), alongside two other Florida finalists that did not ultimately take home awards.

1 week ago | nashville.eater.com | Missy Frederick

Jake Howell has received the prestigious James Beard Award in the category of Best Chef: Southeast. The chef from Nashville’s acclaimed Iberian restaurant Peninsula was the city’s only finalist for the awards, sometimes nicknamed the “Oscars” of the food world. Winners were announced at a ceremony yesterday evening in Chicago.

2 weeks ago | dc.eater.com | Missy Frederick

When it comes to street food, the pupusa just might be D.C.’s strongest contribution to the genre (don’t tell the half-smoke fans). Due to the city’s sizable Salvadoran population, pupusas are one of the most omnipresent snacks around here, whether it be in the city proper (Mt. Pleasant and Columbia Heights are key neighborhoods), or stretching into the suburbs, where great options dot through Wheaton, College Park, and Hyattsville in Maryland.