The National Guard says these troops are quartered at hotels throughout the D.C. area.

“There’s not really many classic dishes on the menu,” he says. “You’ll get the Spanish flavors, just different style cooking techniques than they would use classically in Spain.”

The 2005 RAMMYs aren’t the only culinary awards on the horizon. The nominees for the 2005 James Beard Foundation awards were announced yesterday (.pdf). The awards are separated into three general segments, cookbooks, journalism, and restaurants and chefs. In the journalism segment, Todd Kliman of the City Paper (who most recently “reviewed” Perdu) was nominated for Best Newspaper Column for his weekly “Young and Hungry” feature. Tom Sietsema of the Post has been nominated for…