Awards Season

Tonight at 6p.m. EST(ish) the James Beard Awards will be livestreamed direct from Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City. The Beard Awards are the highest honor for food and beverage professionals working in North America, and four of Portland's own — Ken Forkish, Cathy Whims, Gabriel Rucker, and Naomi Pomeroy — are nominated this evening. Eater National has a livestream of the event; go, watch now. [Eater National]