The James Beard Foundation has just announced the semi-finalists for its 2012 food journalism awards and we’re thrilled to announce that our former photo editor Michael Harlan Turkell has been nominated for the Visual Storytelling category for three restaurant profiles that appeared in Edible Manhattan. One was on Keens steakhouse, another on the closing of Savoy, and the third was on the 10-year anniversary of Craft. Each appeared as part of the on-going series he photographed for both Edible Brooklyn and Edible Manhattan called “Back of the House.” Congratulations to Michael!