Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Small plates earn big James Beard honor for Washington chef Jose Andres

Small plates have earned Jose Andres one of the food world?s biggest honors.

The man credited with popularizing tapas ? the Spanish custom of dining on small, shared plates ? was named the nation?s most outstanding chef Monday during the James Beard Foundation?s annual awards ceremony, the so-called Oscars of the culinary crowd.

Andres has been praised for a string of successful restaurants around the country ? most notably Jaleo and minibar by Jose Andres in Washington, D.C. ? which challenged the conventional thinking that anything but heaping portions would leave American diners unsatisfied.

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