The Flavies are a celebration of cooking and food from the year! These aren't necessarily the best thing period by some objective measure — they’re just our faves from this year. Next year, we plan to get nominations from a bunch of our favorite food creators and then ask you to vote on them so they can be YOUR favs to make it a whole thing. The Drink It In Award Is for the beverages that kept us hydrated through long cookbook reviews and late nights writing. We basically only drink water, coffee, tea, and alcohol, but this year, these were the standouts:Runner's Up: Mom Water - lemon and water YUZUCO Yuzu Super Juice: https://www.theyuzu.coSparkling Botanicals - Black Lemon Tea: https://rishi-tea.com/collections/sparkling-botanicals/products/black-lemon-sparkling-botanicals?variant=44376706646266🏆 Winner: Mezcal Amarás Verde: https://mezcalamaras.com/en/products/mezcal-verde The Can’t Stop Won’t Stop Award is for the snacks that we just couldn’t put down this year:Runners upGelato Boy Salted Cookies and Cream: https://gelatoboy.com/products/salty-cookies-creamSambal Goreng by Bungkus Bagus: https://bungkusbagusla.com/products/sambal-goreng-bulk-jar🏆 Winnerbougie pringles aka The Good Crisp Company’s Potato Crisps: https://www.thegoodcrispcompany.com/collections/allOur favorite food content…The Wait, it got HOW MANY VIEWS Award!? Is for the food trends that took over all of our FYP pages — and occasionally our hearts. This year, there were really only two major contenders that took off on our side of the internet:Runner upTurkish Pasta: https://www.tiktok.com/@anna..paull/video/7432950686737845522?q=turkish pasta&t=1736656998864🏆 WinnerLogan’s Korean Pickled Cucumbers: https://www.tiktok.com/@logagm/video/7404231127738748166Getting us through it award: Is for the comfort-watch food creators who did just that. 2024 was a rough year for a lot of people and the coziness that these creators embraced made it a little better for all of us.Runners up@daywithmei Mei Liao: https://www.tiktok.com/@daywithmei@twopeoplecooking aka Hailee Catalano and Chuck Cruz: https://www.tiktok.com/@2peoplecooking🏆 WinnerJamie Tracy aka Anti-Chef: https://www.youtube.com/@antichef The Lunchtime Achievement Award: This one's for up-and-coming food creators (somewhere around 100k followers or less) 🏆 Winner@hydroxide: https://www.tiktok.com/@hydroxide The Finally, Food TV Worth Watching When You’re Not In a Hotel Room AwardRunners UpDelicious in Dungeon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delicious_in_DungeonCulinary Class Wars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culinary_Class_Wars🏆 WinnerGastronauts: https://www.dropout.tv/gastronautsMisen Comeback Brand of the Year Award: This is for brands who went through bankruptcy and came back and it’s designed to only go to one specific brand and it’s right there in the name.🏆 WinnerMisen: https://misen.comThe Wait, Wait Hear Me Out Award: Goes to our favorite innovations in cookware this year — things that really shook up a traditional formula.Runners UpOur Place Always Pan Pro: https://fromourplace.com/products/titanium-always-pan-pro?variant=44381106045122Breville Control Freak Home: https://www.breville.com/en-us/product/bmc800Ninja Crispi: https://www.ninjakitchen.com/products/ninja-crispi-4-in-1-portable-glass-air-fryer-cooking-system-zidFN101GY🏆 WinnerStrata Carbon Steel Skillet: https://www.stratacookware.com/product-page/10-strata-carbon-steel-clad-frying-panThe Huge If True Award Goes to our most anticipated products announced for next year. Products that look truly futuristic, but we’re cautiously optimistic.🏆 WinnerImpulseLabs Induction Cooktop: https://www.impulselabs.comThe Doin it Write Award Kinda like the writing category in our cookbook reviews, but extended beyond just cookbooks.Runner upThe Food of Southern Thailand (Austin Bush): https://bookshop.org/a/88615/9780393541694🏆 WinnerRadicchio Salad: The Zine (Radicchio Salad): https://www.radicchiosalad.comThe Fork Me Award This goes to the best recipe we made this year — that we didn’t write of course — and luckily we made all of these on camera at some point, so you should hopefully have context for all of em!Runners UpVanilla Pavlova with Cocoa and Citrus from Start Here: https://bookshop.org/a/88615/9780593320464Beef Rendang from Coconut & Sambal: https://bookshop.org/a/88615/9781526603517Soft Gingerbread Cookie from Tartine: https://amzn.to/40sCotb🏆 WinnerDukkah-Crusted Lamb Rack with Burnt Honey Gastrique from Make It Fancy: https://bookshop.org/a/88615/9781668004241Stained Pages Award This is essentially the flavor award, which, for us is the biggest deal. It’s the cookbook that had not only the most smashes for us, but the smashes that we returned to the most…Runners upVeg-Table (Nik Sharma): https://bookshop.org/a/88615/9781797216317Start Here (Sohla El-Waylly): https://bookshop.org/a/88615/9780593320464🏆WinnerMake It Fancy (Brandon Skier...
