Good Food Awards: A Healthy Bite
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The second annual Good Food Awards recognized 99 tasty, authentic
and responsible craft food products from 26 states in an awards
ceremony on Jan. 13, 2012, at the San Francisco Ferry Building.
American food producers were honored for enhancing the country’s agricultural landscape by strengthening their own local food communities,
and creating food and drink that epitomize American craftsmanship.
“Back in the ‘80s, I never could have dreamed how huge the change
was going to be,” said keynote speaker Ruth Reichl, editorial consultant
for Gilt Taste. “We now live in a country that has the best produce in
the world; we are reclaiming our edible heritage. This is our chance to
thank the tireless efforts of artisan producers for giving us the America
we once dreamed we could have.”
The following day, many thousands more took part in the celebration
of America’s food artisans by attending the Good Food Awards Marketplace and new Beer & Spirits Garden. There, they met the winners,
tasted and bought 54 of the award-winning foods and drinks, leaving
many of the award-winners sold out. Whole Foods Market of Northern
California handed out a list of the nearly two dozen winning products
that can be found in their stores, and Gilt Taste debuted a new Good
Food Awards section of their online marketplace.
“This is the best tasting we have ever done,” commented Caitlin
McCarthy-Garcia of the winning roaster Equator Coffee & Teas.
“People are so interested in hearing all about the coffee, rather
than just tasting and moving on.”
Good Food Awards Winners 2012 (listed alphabetically by category):
CHARCUTERIE
5 Knives, Vermont Smoke and Cure, Cob and Maple Smoked Ham, Vermont
Adesso, Speck, California
Creminelli Fine Meats, Bresaola Piccolo & Finnochiona Salami, Utah
Cypress, Soppressata, South Carolina
Fatted Calf, Pork, Rabbit, and Duck Terrine, California
Formaggio Kitchen, Rabbit Pate, Massachusetts
Gary West Smoked Meats, Elk Strips, Oregon
La Quercia, Country Cured Bacon, Iowa
Olympic Provisions, Chorizo Navarre, Oregon
Red Apron Butchery, Crème de Cochon, Virginia
S. Wallace Edwards and Sons, Surryano Ham, Virginia
Tails and Trotters Charcuterie, Liver Pate & Pork Pastrami, Oregon
Healthy
CHEESE
Avalanche Cheese Company, Cabra Blanca, Colorado
Bellwether Farms, Carmody & Whole Milk Ricotta, California
Canal Junction Farmstead Cheese, Charloe, Ohio
Cellars at Jasper Hill (Scholten Farms), Weybridge, Vermont
Garden Variety Cheese, Black Eyed Susan & Hollyhock, California
Goldin Artisan Goat Cheese, Certoux, Oregon
Mozzarella Company, Hoja Santa Goat Cheese, Texas
Old Chatham Sheepherding Co., Kinderhook Creek, New York
Rainbeau Ridge, Meredian & MontVivant, New York
Rivers Edge Chevre, Sunset Bay & Valsetz, Oregon
Saint Benoit Yogurt, Organic Yogurt Cheese, California
Uplands Cheese, Pleasant Ridge Reserve, Wisconsin
CHOCOLATE
Amano Artisan Chocolate, Guayas, Utah
Dandelion Chocolate, 70% Costa Rica, California
Escazu Artisan Chocolate, 60% Goat’s Milk & 65% Costa Rica, North Carolina
Fresco Chocolate, 214 Madagascar 74%, Washington
Lillie Belle Farms, Perfect Illusion 65, Oregon
Patric Chocolate, Signature 70% Blend, Missouri
Rogue Chocolatier, Sambirano, Massachusetts
Theo Chocolate, Theo and Jane Goodall 70% Dark Chocolate, Washington
BEER
Alaskan Brewing Company, Smoked Porter, Alaska
The Bruery, Oude Tart, California
COAST Brewing Company, 32/50 Kolsch & HopArt IPA, South Carolina
Drake’s Brewing Co., Drakonic Imperial Stout, California
Hopworks Urban Brewery, Abominable Winter Ale & Hopworks IPA, Oregon
Independence Brewing Co., Convict Hill Stout, Texas
Lagunitas Brewing Company, a lil’ Sumpin’ Sumpin’, California
New Belgium Brewing, Mothership Wit, Colorado
Odell Brewing Company, 90 Shilling, Colorado
Pagosa Brewing Company, Coconut Porter, Colorado
Smuttynose Brewing, Robust Porter, New Hampshire
Victory Brewing Company, Helios Ale & Hop Devil Ale, Pennsylvania
COFFEE
Broadway Café and Roasting Company, Ethiopian Yirgacheffe, Missouri
Counter Culture Coffee, Buna Ababa – Haru, North Carolina
Equator Coffees & Teas, Ethiopia Watadera FTO, California 6
