Kelly Corcoran
Intern
Contact: Email
Recent Articles
Flex Time?
It’s about time! This new Cirque-inspired workout turns the old stretching grind into child’s play.
March 10th, 2011
For those of you who hate working on your flexibility—which is almost everybody, despite its importance to well-being—there’s a new way to get there that’s not excruciatingly boring. It might even be fun. That’s because the masters of flexibility and fun, Cirque du Soleil, have teamed with Reebok to come up with Jukari Fit to Flex, and Las Vegans at 24 Hour Fitness gyms are among the first to try it.
Read More »
Mr. Results
Trainer Paul Rosenberg’s unique regimen keeps his ‘before and after’ collection growing
January 27th, 2011
Paul Rosenberg figured out that image was important around the time most kids do. “When I was 15 years old I was very skinny,” he recalls. “And I thought if I put on some muscles that would help me with women.” But Rosenberg proved to be a little more persistent than your average teenage boy, and the results showed up not just in the shape of his physique but that of his future.
Read More »
Luciano Pellegrini
The Italian chef shares his secrets for perfecting the all-American dish: turkey
November 18th, 2010
Luciano Pellegrini, executive chef of Valentino at the Venetian, came to the United States in 1985 from his native Italy to work for accomplished restaurateur Piero Selvaggio. A winner of a James Beard Award, he has been at Selvaggio’s Valentino in Las Vegas since 1999.
Read More »
Doug Taylor
Batali’s dessert guru shares a treat that features homegrown goodness
October 21st, 2010
Doug Taylor helped launch the Molto Vegas Farmers Market to show that good quality fruits and vegetables can be grown in our desert. As executive pastry chef at Vegas’ Mario Batali restaurants—Carnevino, B&B and Otto—Taylor also proves this theory in his kitchens by producing a variety of delicious desserts.
Read More »
Akira Back
The Yellowtail chef shares a recipe that’s an accumulation of his worldly experiences
July 22nd, 2010
Long before Akira Back became executive chef at Yellowtail Japanese Restaurant and Lounge, his home was in Aspen, Colo., where he was a professional snowboarder as a teenager and had blue hair. After a snowboarding injury, he said he had two career choices: follow in his father’s footsteps and take over his business, or do something else.
Read More »
Elements of Success
Life-changing weight loss and worldly experiences contribute to a couple’s unique restaurant
June 3rd, 2010
Catherine and her husband of 30 years, Jose Luis Pawelek, recently celebrated the first anniversary of their restaurant, Elements Kitchen & Martini Bar, 4950 S. Rainbow Blvd. An even better sign that the pair has made their concept work in Las Vegas is that they received more than a hundred congratulatory cards from loyal customers.
Read More »