Yotaka Martin of Lom Wong restaurant in Phoenix grew up cooking alongside her mother in Thailand. She won her 1st James Beard Award on June 16, 2025.

The 2025 James Beard Foundation Awards took place on June 16, 2025, at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Winning a James Beard Award is one of the highest honors a chef or restaurant can receive.

Since 2022, she has shared her family and hometown recipes as the chef at Lom Wong. The 2025 James Beard Foundation Awards were announced on June 16 at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Single Subject:Jang: The Soul of Korean Cooking (More than 60 Recipes Featuring Gochujang, Doenjang, and Ganjang); Nadia Cho, Mingoo Kang, and Joshua David Stein, (Artisan) ...

This chocolate brownie, developed by chef Maida Heatter from a Palm Beach deli's recipe, was a standout at a 1988 culinary ...