The James Beard Foundation — one of the food world’s most esteemed organizations and awards-granting bodies — has seen waves of reckonings this year as the foundation faces scrutiny both internally and in the public eye. In August, the foundation made a historic (and to many, perplexing) decision to cancel its glitzy and highly respected award ceremony, both this year and in 2021. (The 2020 winners were supposed to be announced on September 25, after COVID-19 postponed the original May