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