and nominations Nominated James Beard Foundation Award: Vegetarian, for The New Vegetarian Epicure: Menus for Families and Friends (1997). Academy Awards: Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen, for El Norte (1983). Writers Guild of America: Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen, for El Norte (1983). Won James Beard Foundation Award: Best Healthy Focus Cookbook, for Love Soup (2010). References External links 1948 births 20th-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century American women writers 20th-century American women writers American cookbook writers American film producers American screenwriters American vegetarianism activists American women screenwriters German emigrants to the United States American women film producers American women non-fiction writers Living people Vegetarian cookbook writers Vegetarian cookbooks