#JBFA Aftermath, or What I Found on My Coffee Table This Morning.

if there was something better than the fried gator from mila in new orleans, I missed it. #jbfa

Karen Page chatting with Emily Luchetti, pastry chef extraordinaire, at #jbfa

Lovely @ArianeDaguin of @Dartagnan always has the BEST necklaces at every VIP event -- including #jbfa

Wylie Dufresne celebrating his being named Beat Chef: NYC at #jbfa

#PartTwo of Cafe Boulud's priceless display at the #jbfa #loveit

Karen with @ChefCasella aka Cesare #jbfa

Restaurateur Barbara Lazaroff between John & Andrew at the #jbfa

Karen Page with the Chef-in-the-Hat Thierry Rautureau at #JBFA

Andrew Dornenburg with @KatKinsman in the press room at James Beard Awards #jbfa

Puerto Rico's own @ChefMarioPagan at the James Beard Awards event sponsored by @RumsofPR on May 7! #JBFA

Georgette Farkas with Boulud Sud's #JBFA Outstanding Pastry Chef nominee Ghaya Oliveira

Janet & Norman Van Aken at Avery Fisher Hall for the #jbfa

Lena Evans, Barbara Lazaroff and Polo Sheetman arrive the #jbfa

Chefs Nancy Silverton Best Chef: CA nominee Matt Molina (a longtime reader of Culinary Artistry!) #jbfa

The best chef in America who doesn't have a #jbfa @offalchris

Digging fellow journalist Jamie Feldmar's tattoo at the #jbfa

A misfire, but it looks kind of cool -- what IS it?? Prize to 1st to guess correctly! #JBFA

Dillon. Faber. Very happy #jbfa

The great Danny Meyer with #JBFA Chair Woody Campbell

Karen with JM Hirsch of the Associated Press at #jbfa

Chefs Tony Mantuano, Jose Andres, the lovely Rochelle Trotter & Charlie Trotter!. #jbfa

Jay McInerney and Charlie Trotter at the #jbfa

Chefs Tony Mantuano, Jose Andres, the lovely Rochelle Trotter & Charlie Trotter!. #jbfa

Paul Greico outdoes Tom Douglas in the not-so-fancy-duds dept. Canada Dry jacket. #jbfa