James Beard Foundation Journalism Award
Newspaper Feature Writing with Recipes, 2004
James Beard Foundation Journalism Award
Magazine Feature Writing Without Recipes, 1996
Association of Food Journalists Awards
First Prize (tied), Restaurant Criticism 2015
Association of Food Journalists Awards
First Prize, Best Food Section, Los Angeles Times, 2008
Association of Food Journalists Awards
First Prize, Best Special Section, Los Angeles Times, 2006
Association of Food Journalists Awards
First Prize, Best Food Section, Los Angeles Times, 2006
Association of Food Journalists Awards
First Prize, Best Food Section, Los Angeles Times, 2005
The Dallas Morning News
PiCA Writer of the Year Award 2015
The Dallas Morning News
PICA Writer of the Year 2010
Texas Associated Press Managing Editors Award
First Place, Comment and Criticism, 2012
Texas Associated Press Managing Editors Awards
First Place, Comment and Criticism 2009
World Cookbook Fair Award - American Appetite
Best Culinary History, English Language, 1999