Michael White

The James Beard Awards are on Monday and this year, the Foundation is upping their internet game. For the first time ever, the entire awards show will be live-streamed and they’ve also hand selected two pretty awesome “bloggers” to live blog it for them. Infatuation in the building.

We’ve never been to the Beard awards before and probably don’t have much business being there. To be quite honest, we haven’t heard of many of the non-NYC nominees before, so this should make for some fun commentary.

One nominee we’re all kinds of familiar with is big daddy pasta himself, Michael White. Last year, his restaurant, Marea, took home Best New Restaurant and he’s up for Best Chef in NY this year, which he should absolutely win. If you read this website, you know how we feel about this guy. His pastas = insanity. Consistently the best in NYC, no contest.

Check out Michael’s perfect for picks below and make sure you’re following him on Twitter.

Michael’s “Perfect For” Picks

Buffalo Wing Fix

Lure Fishbar (142 Mercer Street) – “Chef Capon’s chicken lollipops at LURE are fire.”

Classic NYC Establishment

Gotham Bar & Grill (12 E 12th Street) – “Gotham Bar & Grill never gets old.”

Full On Pork Indulgence

Osteria Morini (218 Lafayette Street) – “Where else but Osteria Morini? Chef Bill Dorrier keeps it real with the porchetta, sausage ragus, mortadella/prosciutto meatballs and lardo.”

Authentic Ethnic Eats

Wonjo Korean Restaurant (23 W. 32nd Street) – “You grill everything on real charcoal. My favorite is the grilled pork belly dipped in sesame oil and crushed sea salt.”

Chronic Brunch

Chinatown Brasserie (380 Lafayette Street) – “I go there every Sunday for dim sum brunch and order watercress & shrimp steamed dumplings and fried rice with a sunny side up egg, and chicken lollipops.”

Michael’s Twitter People

@andrewzimmern – Because he eats weird things AND he’s my bud.

@FATJEW – Who else tweets dirty, tells it like it is, has a horrible afro and a twitpic of himself riding on a pony naked? Oh and he is also the “king of brunch.”

@MrEddieHuang – Pork bun gangsta, loves four loko and nike dunks. He keeps it real.

@jacquestorres – He’s the chocolate man.

@olivialy – Olivia is head of AMG media and she’s my assistant. Follow her if you want to find me.