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Pho Get About It
Get to know Vietnam’s national dish —Vegas style
April 23rd, 2013
A good bowl of pho is only as good as its ingredients. Start with thinly sliced beef and al dente rice noodles, then load up on fresh basil, bean sprouts and scallions. Finish with a squeeze of lime, and you’ve got a soup brimming to the top with beefy goodness.
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Jump Start Your Shower
April 10th, 2013
Men, get your motors running with an energizing, revitalizing two-in-one body wash and shampoo from Jack Black’s Performance Ready line. Turbo Wash contains rosemary, eucalyptus and juniper berry, which all make you smell woodsy and manly.
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Finish or Be Finished
Challenge dining: because human-size meals are way too boring
April 9th, 2013
It’s the ultimate First World problem, really, to eat food essentially on a dare. No one is sure when eating for sport jumped from state fairs into a sport, but thanks to shows such as Man v. Food and broadcasting of the Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest, restaurants are offering bigger, hotter, more insane eating challenges to contestants hungry for T-shirts, Polaroids on a wall and bragging rights.
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Method to Music Festival Madness
How music festivals are meeting our expectations, even when we think they aren’t
April 9th, 2013
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Seven Questions for Cat Cora
The chef on being involved in the Life Is Beautiful festival, how music pairs with food and her desire for a permanent Las Vegas presence
April 9th, 2013
Cat Cora, best known for her epic battles on Food Network’s Iron Chef America, is no stranger to Las Vegas. The celebrity chef has participated at Vegas Uncork’d—our city’s renowned annual food-and-drink extravaganza—and before the recession, there was even talk of her opening a restaurant here (and if the Jackson, Mississippi, native has her way, those talks eventually will heat up again).
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