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Originally published May 5, 2009 at 12:00 AM | Page modified May 6, 2009 at 3:43 AM

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Chef at Seattle's Tilth wins James Beard award

Seattle's outstanding restaurateur Tom Douglas lost his bid for the title of "Outstanding Restaurateur" Monday night as the nation's fooderati converged in New York City for the 2009 James Beard Foundation Awards. Drew Nieporent, of NYC's Myriad Restaurant Group, took home the honors at the culinary equivalent of the Oscars.

Seattle Times food writer

Seattle's outstanding restaurateur Tom Douglas lost his bid for the title of "Outstanding Restaurateur" Monday night as the nation's fooderati converged at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall in New York for the 2009 James Beard Foundation Awards.

Drew Nieporent, of NYC's Myriad Restaurant Group, took the honor at the culinary equivalent of the Oscars.

Maria Hines, owner/chef of Seattle's certified organic restaurant Tilth and a third-time nominee, barely made it to the stage to accept her Best Chef Northwest medal, won at the expense of her pals Joseba Jiménez de Jiménez (of The Harvest Vine), Jason Wilson (Crush), Ethan Stowell (Union) and Cathy Whims (of Portland's Nostrana).

Hines was preparing to feed the crush of luminaries at the after-party, including the evening's hosts Emeril Lagasse, Iron Chef Cat Cora and actor Stanley Tucci.

But once she got to the mic, she offered a "big thanks to my crew at Tilth and a very special thanks to my wife for letting me put a lien on the house for Tilth."

"I promise we'll pay it off soon now, honey," Hines added.

Former Seattle Post-Intelligencer food writer Rebekah Denn, now blogging at www.eatallaboutit.com, did her former newspaper colleagues proud by accepting a James Beard Foundation Media Award for "High on the Hairy Hogs: Super-Succulent Imports are Everything U.S. Pork Isn't" — a profile of Seattle-based Mangalitsa pig-breeder Heath Putnam, owner of Wooly Pigs.

Denn accepted her award at Broadway's Hudson Theatre on Saturday night, where, she says, "After I got my jaw off the floor, I remembered to thank my mom for taking Amtrak up from Delaware" — and her team of editors and photographers at the P-I.

Nancy Leson: 206-464-8838 or nleson@seattletimes.com. To read her blog, go to www.seattletimes.com/

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SHE thanked HER WIFE. Could someone in the homosexual community enlighten me as to how two lesbians decide who is the wife and who is the...  Posted on May 7, 2009 at 7:06 AM by Punnditt. Jump to comment
The question by Punnditt: "Could someone in the homosexual community enlighten me as to how two lesbians decide who is the wife and who is...  Posted on May 7, 2009 at 11:28 AM by maggiemac. Jump to comment
We just had dinner there. Excellent food as usual, comfortable and casual. It's one of our favorites. If you want pretentious, try Le...  Posted on May 5, 2009 at 10:54 AM by mchutch. Jump to comment

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