James Beard would have loved the JBF Friend membership because it continues and honors his legacy—sharing his vast culinary knowledge with curious food lovers everywhere. Don’t miss out! Become a food insider, become a JBF Friend.

JBF Friend memberships are just $29

As a JBF Friend you’ll receive:

• JBF Notes

A members-only bimonthly newsletter not available on newsstands at any price. You’ll read the latest food and wine news and get fascinating behind-the-scenes insights tailored to food lovers. Plus, chef interviews, restaurant recommendations, recipes, cooking tips, and more.

• Beard Bites

A biweekly electronic newsletter with featured recipes, definitions of unusual culinary terms, city-based news of restaurants and chefs, plus details of upcoming JBF events.

• JBF Online

Access to the members-only section of www.jamesbeard.org, where you’ll find an exclusive archive of James Beard’s and award-winning chefs’ recipes, an international restaurant directory, up-to-the-minute food world news, the latest James Beard Foundation Awards information, and more. Got a question for a chef? Want to find a special recipe? Log in and get the information you need.

• JBF Membership Card

Show the world you’re passionate about what you eat and committed to America’s culinary renaissance.

• $50 JBF Dining Gift Certificate

JBF Friends will save $50 on their first culinary experience at the historic James Beard House in New York City. Dinners, lunches, brunches, workshops, seminars, and readings are always on the calendar. Check the listings at www.jamesbeard.org/events to see what’s cooking.

• JBF Community

Food lovers, family-meal makers, wine drinkers and winemakers, weekend cooks, cookbook readers and authors, chefs, artisanal producers, and others who share a passion for the pleasures of the table come together to celebrate America’s amazing food scene as members of the James Beard Foundation.

Want to join at a higher level? Click here to learn about the other levels of membership offered by the James Beard Foundation.