Beard Award Finalists Whims and Pomeroy Face-off at Tweet-up

It's not exactly a Top Chef showdown when competing James Beard Best Chef Northwest Award finalists Cathy Whims of Nostrana and Naomi Pomeroy of Beast (pictured) meet tonight at Nostrana (they claim to be politely “joining forces”) to whip up a three-course meal of their favorite James Beard recipes for a select group of judges/diners who promise to tweet about whose Caesar dressing is more classically Beardian. Mix magazine’s Martha Holmberg will moderate the discussion and promises to send the ladies to their respective corners if one claims Beard must have been drunk when he claimed that the Skyline served him one of the best burgers he’d ever had and the focaccia starts flying. I, Audrey Van Buskirk, fearless guest editor, will tell all. Follow the tweets @eaterpdx, hashtag #beardpdx