The City and County is turning 100, and how better to celebrate than to eat? The four-day Honolulu Centennial Family Festival at Magic Island, kicking off tomorrow, will serve up favorite dishes — from manapua to Mongolian beef. You can also hop on one of the E.K. Fernandez rides, or take in the free entertainment and a sunset. Festival hours: 5 p.m.-midnight tomorrow and Friday; 10 a.m.-midnight Saturday; and 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday. (Park free at the UH-Manoa parking structure, Alapa'i Street bus lot or Honolulu Municipal Building parking lot. A free shuttle will run from the UH parking structure and Alapa'i bus lot. Information: 275-3030, www.honolulupride.com.

KITCHEN KUDOS

PBS cooking series nets a Beard nomination for director, producer

The PBS series "The Kitchen Sessions with Charlie Trotter," featuring the Chicago celeb chef, has been nominated for the James Beard Award for Best National Television Series or Segment. It's the fourth nomination in the category for director Robert Bates and producer Melanie Kosaka, both Hawai'i-based; the show won best series in 2000. The episode in question features chef Fredy Girardet's visit to Trotter's restaurant — the only time the Swiss star has cooked outside his kitchen near Geneva. In the works is a new Trotter series, which Bates says will travel around the Mainland — maybe the world — in search of classic cuisine that Trotter can expand on.