[private]While I love punk rock, my roots lie in heavy metal. I spent my high school years banging my head at metal shows at the Philadelphia Spectrum. And I was a DJ on my college radio station WSOU – at its time the number-one hard rock/metal station in the country. …
June 2011
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[private]Geno Bernardo is one of my favorite chefs in Las Vegas. We have a pretty interesting friendship, considering the first time I reviewed his restaurant Nove Italiano I gave it a pretty bad review. A lot of things have changed since then. And today, it’s one of my favorite spots …
In Las Vegas, Brett Ottolenghi is my go-to guy when it comes to researching just about any gourmet product. He may not always be the man I end up quoting in a particular article. But he’s my starting point. He generally starts off by teaching me whatever he knows, and …
[private] Andre Rochat, owner of the restaurant Andre’s in the Monte Carlo, was probably the first chef to bring refined French dining to Las Vegas, having opened the original Andre’s in downtown Las Vegas in 1980. Because of that, some people mistakenly expect his current location in The Monte Carlo …
[private]This is what happens when award-winning mixologist Eddie Perales tries to pair cocktails with cosmetics meant to pair with Miss USA contestants in Caesars Palace at a salon by the infamous Michael Boychuck. Life is good! [/private]
[private]Here’s the official press release: Twitter Time: Live Tweet with Top Chef Masters’ Mary Sue Milliken Thursday, June 16 – 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. PT What would you do if you could ask Chef Mary Sue Milliken any question in the world–in 140 characters or less on Twitter that …
Here are a few things I’ve written over the past month that I haven’t linked to yet. 6/9 — Review of Petra in Cirtylife 6/7 — A Q&A With Matt Silverman at City’s Best 6/6 — Poolside Cocktails at City’s Best 6/2 — Review of I Love Arepas at City’s Best …
Had a great meal with my friend Vinny Marino. I think he may have botch the picture of his eggrolls — but that’s cool, he was kind of jet-lagged. Seriously, there isn’t alot better than a great meal, in a great restaruant with an old friend.
Make sure you tune in Thursday at 4PM PT to see Slidin’ Thru founder Rick Guerrero — the man who brought gourmet food trucks to Las Vegas — on Top of the Food Chain. Are food trucks the future of food? The salvation of the restaruant industry in a crap …