HAPPY DAY here at @bittersoutherner world headquarters. Three @beardfoundation award nominations just rolled in and we are filled with gratitude and love for our team and contributors and YOU our readers. Here are the categories: 1) Food Coverage in a General Interest Publication This award recognizes excellence in food and/or drink writing, reporting, and presentation in a general interest site or print publication. Judges evaluate each entry for overall breadth and depth of coverage. * The Bitter Southerner The New Yorker Texas Monthly 2) Profile This award recognizes a single distinctive piece that brings to life the world of a chef, restaurateur, grower, producer, or other figure or group of significance to food and/or drink. * “Black Earth” Christina Cooke The Bitter Southerner “The Expanding Table: Honoring Palestinian Culinary Tradition in Arkansas” Jordan P. Hickey Longreads “Padma Lakshmi Walks Into a Bar” Helen Rosner The New Yorker 3) MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award This award recognizes a single article of exceptional literary merit on the subject of food and/or drink published in any medium. “The City that Rice Built” Jeff Gordinier and George McCalman Food & Wine * “Clam South” Caroline Hatchett The Bitter Southerner “The Food That Makes You Gay” Jaya Saxena 🥂🥂🥂