2012 LDEI M.F.K. Fisher Award for Excellence in Culinary Writing
Prize Winners of 83 entries

FIRST PRIZE of $1000 and a trip to St. Louis for the LDEI Annual Conference at the Ritz-Carlton: Jess Thomson, Seattle, Washington, for “Saffron: Spendy Threads,” appearing on the Internet site, http://leitesculinaria.com.

SECOND PRIZE of $500: Micki McClelland, Food Columnist, Kerrville Daily Times, Texas, for “Road Kill: It’s Not Just for Buzzards Anymore.”

THIRD PRIZE of $250: Gabrielle Hamilton, Chef/Owner, Prune restaurant in New York’s East Village, for an excerpt from her book Blood, Bones, and Butter. 

Read all three winning entries.