The James Beard Foundation announced the winners of their prestigious culinary awards Monday night. Barbara Kafka, part-time Vermont resident, earned a lifetime achievement award. Also, two Houghton Mifflin titles, both edited by Rux Martin of Vergennes, took top prizes. They are Tasty: Get Great Food on the Table Every Day, by Roy Finamore and Baking: From my Home to Yours by Dorie Greenspan.

This article appears in May 9-15, 2007.

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Former contributor Suzanne Podhaizer is an award-winning food writer (and the first Seven Days food editor) as well as a chef, farmer, and food-systems consultant. She has given talks at the Stone Barns Center for Agriculture's "Poultry School" and its...