This week's issue is now available online.
Kristen Hinman presents a feature story on Russ Kremer and the Ozark Mountain Pork Cooperative.
I review Deluxe Fine Food & Spirits, a comfort-food joint and bar in Maplewood.
Kristie McClanahan's Drink of the Week visits Cafe Ventana for a Spanish Coffee and a little shuteye.
- Ian Froeb
Riverfront Times staff writer Kristen Hinman is one of three finalists in the "Newspaper Feature without Recipes" category of the 2009 James Beard Foundation Awards. Hinman is nominated for "The Pope of Pork," her profile of Missouri hog farmer Russ Kremer and the Ozark Mountain Pork Cooperative.The James Beard Foundation will name its winners in the media categories on Sunday, May 3. Congrats to Kristen!
Riverfront Times staff writer Kristen Hinman last night won the James Beard Foundation Award in the category "Newspaper Feature without Recipes" for her article "The Pope of Pork." The article profiles Missouri hog farmer Russ Kremer and the Ozark Mountain Pork Cooperative.This is Hinman's second award from the James Beard Foundation. In 2006, she won for her article "Something Fishy," a look at the burgeoning market for Missouri caviar.Congrats, Kristen!
Forgive me if Gut Check sounds like a broken record, but my colleague Kristen Hinman continues to pick up award nominations for her grand-slam feature story, "The Pope of Pork." Hinman's profile of hog farmer Russ Kremer is one of three finalists in the "Food Writing" category of the 2009 AltWeekly Awards, sponsored by the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. Her competition includes Rachel Hutton of City Pages (Minneapolis-St. Paul) and Pulitzer-winner Jonathan Gold of L.A. Weekly, both sis
