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James Beard Foundation has added a new category to its annual awards

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There's a sweet twist to this year's awards. A new category has been added: Outstanding Bakery. Nominees² in the new category include bakeries, pastry³ shops and even an ice cream store.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

The James Beard Foundation has announced semifinalists for its annual chef and restaurant awards.

ALLECIA VERMILLION: People like to say it's the Academy Awards of the culinary world.

INSKEEP: Allecia Vermillion is vice⁴ chair of the awards committee.

LEILA FADEL, HOST:

And the awards have a new category - outstanding bakery. Nominees include all my favorites - bakeries, pastry shops, even an ice cream store.

VERMILLION: We definitely worded the description specifically to not exclude frozen treats.

FADEL: Unforgettable Bakery & Cafe in Savannah, Ga., is in the running for the new award.

BELINDA BAPTISTE: My bakery has cakes for all occasions. We have a chocolate cream cheesecake. It's the bestselling cake. And I also have a few of the Haitian treats.

INSKEEP: Belinda Baptiste is the owner, who took up baking as a teenager. What started as a hobby is now her passion.

BAPTISTE: Everything that I make, put 101% in it. And if it's not the thing that I would serve my family, I would never put it out.

FADEL: Belinda says she's using proceeds from her bakery to help a student go to a historically Black college.

BAPTISTE: The bakery not only serve the best cake that you would have around here. It also serve a purpose, helping⁵ the community.

INSKEEP: Giving back, one slice at a time.

FADEL: I'm hungry now. I want cake.

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1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 nominees   

n.被提名者，被任命者( nominee的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She's one of the nominees. 她是被提名者之一。 来自超越目标英语 第2册
• A startling number of his nominees for senior positions have imploded. 他所提名的高级官员被否决的数目令人震惊。 来自互联网

3 pastry   

n.油酥面团，酥皮糕点

参考例句：

• The cook pricked a few holes in the pastry.厨师在馅饼上戳了几个洞。
• The pastry crust was always underdone.馅饼的壳皮常常烤得不透。

4 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

5 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。