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Vote Now For the Readers' Choice Best in Food Awards
Nominations have been received and vetted for the best-of-breed in gourmet grocers, online gourmet food, caviar, cheese and bread. The Luxist Readers' Choice Food Awards will be awarded based on your voting. Each of finalists ...Continue reading
Neal's Yard Dairy: Farm Cheeses from the British Isles
Neal's Yard Dairy is a nominee for a Luxist Award for Best Cheese Shop. Neal's Yard Dairy was founded in 1979, offering Greek-style yogurts, crème fraiche and, of course, cheese. Initially a distributor of lackluster ...Continue reading
Caviar House & Prunier: Creators of Fine Gastronomy
Nominated for a Luxist Award in the Best Caviar Retailer category is Caviar House & Prunier. In 1925 Emile Prunier opened the "Prunier" restaurant on Victor Hugo avenue at the corner of rue Traktir, in Paris, France. Already ...Continue reading
Zingerman's Bakehouse: Artisan Bread and Pastry from Ann Arbor
Zingerman's Bakehouse of Ann Arbor, Michigan, is nominated for a Luxist Award in the best bread bakery category. Zingerman's is one of the 'younger' nominees, having just come into existence in 1992 as a way for the Zingerman's ...Continue reading
Max Poilane Bakery: French Bread at its Finest
Max Poilane is nominated for a Luxist Award in the Best Bread Bakery category. It all started more than 70 years ago when Pierre-Léon Poilane, Max Poilane's father, moved to Paris from Normandy and started a bakery. ...Continue reading
Le Pain Quotidien: The Daily Bread
Le Pain Quotidien is nominated for a Luxist Award in the Best Bread Bakery category. When Alain Coumont opened Le Pain Quotidien in his native Belgium in 1990, little did he know then what his artisanal bakery would eventually ...Continue reading
Petrossian: Exquisite Caviar Since the 1920's
Petrossian is a nominee for a Luxist Award in the Best Caviar Retailer category. Perhaps the most storied of caviar's purveyors, Petrossian traces its roots to a pair of Armenian brothers who brought their love of roe from the ...Continue reading
Farmstead: Celebrating the Art of Cheese
Farmstead is a nominee for a Luxist Award in the Best Cheese Shop category. The company was founded in 2003 by the husband-and-wife team of Matt and Kate Jennings. They're a well-qualified duo: Matt graduated from culinary school ...Continue reading
