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The James Beard Foundation announced the final nominees for the 2010 James Beard Foundation Awards, the nation’s most prestigious recognition program honoring professionals in the food and beverage industries, this morning at an invitation-only breakfast at the acclaimed Palace Café in New Orleans’ French Quarter, hosted by Susan Ungaro, President of the James Beard Foundation, and Dickie Brennan, James Beard Foundation board member and Managing Partner of the Palace Café, Dickie Brennan’s Steakhouse and Bourbon House.

So the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of CATERING EXECUTIVES Baltimore Chapter- held their annual benefit UnCorked at the American Visionary Arts Museum.

Free Lunch at Ban Thai On Wednesday, March 17, 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Downtown Partnership and Ban Thai are offering free lunch.

Vouchers are required for this event.

Email promotions@dpob.org by COB Monday, March 15 for your chance to receive a voucher good for lunch for two.

There are a limited number of vouchers available. Recipients will be notified via email Tuesday, March 16. Recipients must present their voucher to receive their free lunch and may be asked to present I.D.

Centro Tapas Bar www.centrotapasbar.com serving Spanish and South American Tapas Bar in Federal Hill, is opening this weekend in the spot where Bicycle was located at 1444 Light Street.

PACK your knives, er, your bags, and come with us to the nation's Capitol! Sources close to CITYPEEK tell us that TOP CHEF SEASON 7 2010, airing on BRAVO TV, is said to be heading to WASHINGTON DC. We also learned that their home perch, where the TOP CHEF DC participants will sleep, will most likely be in the heart of DUPONT CIRCLE. Dupont Circle in DC is central to many great locations, restaurants--shooting begins April 2010. Top Chef has skyrocketed the careers of some local DC-area born chefs in recent years:

The trend of driving the food to you continues in the Maryland area-you remember as a child the excitement that was unleashed when those bells chimed on your street announcing the entrance of the GOOD HUMOR TRUCK? My favorite was the chocolate eclair. How much did it cost, .15 ? We'll, the 20th century continues the MEALS ON WHEELS TREND right here in MARYLAND!