NYC food
fromGrub Street
2 months agoNew York Wins Big at the James Beard Awards
Vijay Kumar wins Best Chef: New York, signaling New York's culinary resurgence after recent years of fewer accolades.
"When I started cooking, I never thought a kid like me from Tamil Nadu could make it to a room like this," said Kumar in his acceptance speech. "But the food I grew up with - food made with care and fire, with soul - is now taking the main stage. There's no such thing as poor people's food or rich people's food. If it's true, it's powerful. The real luxury is to be able to connect with each other around a table."