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Live and let dine


ATLANTIC CITY, NJ -- If you're planning to be in the Atlantic City area on March 7, you may want to forego the casino scene for a while to take part in an investment that has a guaranteed return.

It's the date of the 24th annual "The Press of Atlantic City Restaurant Gala," the annual black-tie fundraiser for the Atlantic Cape Community College Foundation. The event has raised in excess of $1.7 million for student scholarships at the college’s Academy of Culinary Arts since 1984.

So, visitors not only get to help college students pay for theior education, they get to sample creations from Academy students as well as 40 area restaurants, including a "desert extravaganza" by Master Chef Eugen Ess of the Trump Taj Mahal.

Tickets for the event, to be held at the Atlantic City Convention Center, are $190 per person.Tables of 12 are available at $2,280. Details: (609) 343-5674.

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