James Beard Award – Orangette https://orangette.net Mon, 14 Dec 2015 17:32:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! https://orangette.net/2015/04/18-2/ https://orangette.net/2015/04/18-2/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2015 23:29:00 +0000 https://elitemporaryblog.wordpress.com/2015/04/27/18 In three months, this site will be eleven years old. Three nights ago, I got to stand on a stage in New York in front of hundreds of people I admire – including Martha, THE Martha, who looked foxier, and younger, than anyone – and accept a James Beard Award for this blog. I was so nervous, so totally electrified with terror, that my right eyelid twitched for six days leading up to the ceremony. I hope I never forget what it felt like, after so much hoping, to hear my name called. I hadn’t planned a thank-you speech – if you take your umbrella, yadda yadda, it won’t rain – but once I was up there, everything felt oddly…

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