Small Bites
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Life in A Festival Town
May 7th, 2013
Life Is Beautiful is still a long ways off, although updates are frequent. Most recently, Mary Sue Milliken, Susan Feniger (TV’s Too Hot Tamales) and chef Mike Minor of Border Grill have signed on to the all-star chef lineup for the October 26-27 music and food event. Read more »
Cinco de Mayo 2013
Cinco-pated Rhythm
The fifth of May comes but once a year—you’re gonna need a game plan
April 30th, 2013
Time to kick the tires on your liver. Cinco de Mayo is right around the corner. Not to be confused with Mexican Independence Day (September 15-16) Cinco de Mayo commemorates Mexico’s defeat of the French in 1862. And with so many dining, party and drinking options, don’t even think about letting “Cinco de Drink-o” go by uncelebrated. Las Vegas has some plans for you, my friend. And after a few tequila shots, well, you know how she gets. Read more »
A Small Bite
Bellagio Dining Is Right On Trend
April 30th, 2013
Thanks to shows like Chopped, Master Chef and Food Network Star, cooking competitions have gone from spectator sport to something that anyone can try his hand at, spawning a breed of rabid fans who not only want to taste what their idols are making on the screen, but also make it themselves. Bellagio has wisely served up a duo of opportunities for guests to get their hands in the game, or if they are so inspired, get them dirty. Read more »
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Snow Cream Comes to Vegas
April 22nd, 2013
Chef Jet Tila—formerly of Wazuzu in Encore, now running his The Charleston Restaurant and Gastrolounge in Santa Monica—will make his way back to Las Vegas for Memorial Day weekend, when he will open a casual concept at 3735 Spring Mountain Road, Suite 206. Kuma Snow Cream ("kuma" is Japanese for polar bear) will offer varieties of "snow cream," a creamy dessert made from condensed milk and shaved ice. Read more »
Small Bites
Prepping for Project Dinner Table
April 10th, 2013
Chefs, start your burners! Project Dinner Table’s 2013 season kicks off April 20 at Downtown’s Neon Museum with the chefs of the MGM Grand. The first in the annual series of communal, outdoor dinners puts participants at one long table that will wind through the bone yard where Las Vegas history, written in neon, is preserved. Read more »
Morton's La Comida Names Chef
March 29th, 2013
Pablo Sanchez-Ortiz will bring traditional preparation methods to the new Downtown Mexican restaurant. Read more »
Small Bites
App Answers ‘What’s For Dinner?’
March 26th, 2013
If you find Trip Advisor too whiney, and Yelpers a little too mean, there’s another option that’s just as subjective … but with sources more reputable than the reviewer who calls Fatburger haute cuisine. Named by Apple to the Top 70 of 2012’s best-of-the-best (out of nearly a million apps), Chefs Feed is an iPhone app enjoyed by fans in 20 U.S. cities (Las Vegas now included) for getting restaurant picks from folks who should know: professional chefs. Read more »
Feature
Food U Offers a Crash Course in Celebrity Chefdom
March 21st, 2013
If you’ve ever fantasized about cooking on the Food Network, here’s your chance (minus the drama queens and the sad being-sent-home bits). Food University at Caesars Palace (March 27-29, $1,995, FoodUniversityLasVegas.com) is where cooking-show fanatics can get off their couches and into a classroom for nine hands-on sessions taught by renown chefs during a breakneck 72 hours in one of the world’s top international dining destinations. Read more »
Dining
All Hail Kale!
The lean, green plant is quickly becoming the go-to superfood
March 12th, 2013
Loaded with culinary possibilities, this inexpensive, green leafy superfood is popping up on menus across the Valley, and not just as stand-in for good ol’ spinach. Read more »
