Dining Profiles
Cooking With
Christina Wilson
Beef Wellington has undone many a Hell’s Kitchen contestant; the latest winner shares her secret
November 22nd, 2012
Patience does not run strong in chefs, says Christina Wilson. That’s clear in her as she strides across the Gordon Ramsay Steak dining room at Paris Las Vegas as if her kitchen is on fire. She landed the chef de cuisine job after surviving—er, winning the Hell’s Kitchen reality show. Read more »
Cooking With
Naira Vardanyan
Although rooted in Armenian culture and cuisine, the pastry chef combines techniques from around the world for her Manan House Cake
November 15th, 2012
After mastering various pastry styles—flaky, creamy French/European delicacies; simple-yet-rich American cakes; Armenian treats filled with nuts, cinnamon and honey—chef Naira Vardanyan experimented with her favorite flavors, textures and preparation styles. What eventually emerged was her signature cake. Read more »
Cooking With
Morgen Van Buren
Organic spuds, a space-age oven and some bygone-era marketing help this consultant-turned-restaurateur churn out french fries you can feel good about
November 8th, 2012
Potatoes are the near-perfect veggie, lacking sodium, cholesterol and fat, and for their mega doses of potassium and vitamin C (nearly half of our day’s needs in a single medium spud!). Read more »
Dining Profile
Roots Rock
It’s all about the garnish! Chef Thomas Keller picks autumn’s awesome vegetable accompaniments
October 25th, 2012
The valley’s modest window of autumn is celebrated in the dishes created by restaurants and chefs committed to seasonal cooking. For Bouchon chef-owner Thomas Keller, fall is all about the harvest. Read more »
Cooking With
Scott Green
Small wonders—the chef’s mini dishes make a mighty difference at Caesars’ new Bacchanal Buffet
October 18th, 2012
There’s nothing worse than being behind the guy or gal in line at a buffet who scoops up the entire top layer of cheese with their spoonful of lasagna. Read more »
Best Chef (Off-Strip)
Daniel Coughlin at Le Thai
October 11th, 2012
The name might sound Irish, but Daniel Coughlin grew up with a Thai mother and grandmother in a restaurant family, and many of the recipes at Le Thai, his insanely popular downtown restaurant, are adaptations of food he grew up eating. Read more »
Dining Profile
The Doyennes of Fine Dining
Think women should stay in the kitchen? Meet the effervescent ladies of La Cave.
September 27th, 2012
Attention snobby oenophiles: the next time you dine at La Cave Wine & Food Hideaway, don’t be so quick to ask your female server to fetch the sommelier. Chances are, she’s it. Read more »
Dining Profile
Bloc Party
Ron’s Market imports the flavors of Eastern Europe and welcomes the curious epicurean
September 20th, 2012
If you stop by Ron’s Market in the Southwest, don’t bother looking for its namesake owner. He doesn’t exist. Read more »
Trendspotting
The Vegas Link
The city’s sausage kings (and queens) give foodies the rustic, homespun meats they’re looking for
August 30th, 2012
Hudson Valley foie gras. Nueske’s bacon. Gilcrease Orchard’s fresh-pressed cider. In recent years, there’s been a real surge for anything rustic, homespun or pedigreed, and especially locally made. Restaurants, farmers markets and shops—both on and off the Strip—have been only too happy to answer those foodie cravings. Read more »
Dining Profile
Hunter Gathering
Truly adventurous diners are wild about K.C. Fazel’s game-meat program at Tender
August 23rd, 2012
It’s hard to imagine K.C. Fazel barking out orders or coining catchphrases like the celebrity chefs with establishments up and down the Strip. His voice is soft but eager as he points to the two dozen cuts he has arranged on slabs of black slate in the kitchen of Tender Steak & Seafood at Luxor. Read more »
