John Sharpe from La Posada in Winslow, AZ–our favorite Fred Harvey heritage chef–has been named a semi-finalist for the James Beard Foundation Best Chefs in America Award for the Southwest!

And anyone who has ever been to his restaurant, The Turquoise Room, knows he deserves it.

Mazel tov to John (with whom I’ll be sharing a stage at the Tucson Festival of Books on March 13).

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