James Beard Recognition

Four winners anchor the list — Bacchanalia, Miller Union, The Busy Bee, and The Deer and The Dove — with Aria and Talat Market among the recent finalists. The rest is a deep semifinalist bench stretching from 2008 to this year's class. Recognition isn't our rating: several of these land at Delicious or Damn Good on our scale, medal and all. The receipts are on every page.