October 4 is National Vodka Day. So we celebrated with two booze experts: Clayton Gibson of STK and the mysterious bartender Jennifer, who didn’t want to give her full name. (Apparently for some beautiful women, appearing on my show is like working in a strip club — they don’t want …
September 2011
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I finally got the chance to visit Central in Caesars Palace today. No review, but I’ll be publishing some interview segments with Michel Richard in two upcoming articles. So stay tuned. In the meantime, here are some pics.
Few foods are as addictive as bacon. Hell, comedian Jim Gaffigan once did nearly five whole minutes on his love of bacon. (It starts around the 2:05 mark here.) So I feel the need to pass on the news I received today. On Friday, October 14, The Light Group will …
The Paris has announced its second annual CRUSH! – A Celebration Of Wine. The event is a celebration of the month of the harvest, so it will feature wine seminars, complimentary tastings, cooking classes, and special menus and featured wines at various restaurants throughout October. The paid events will benefit …
It starts with Gary Lamorte and Sloppy Jo’s. It ends with John Curtas swigging rum from a bottle. Was I too mean to the poor bastard? You be the judge.
There’s a reason Raku has been one of the most popular restaurants in Las Vegas practically since the day it opened. Mitsuo Endo offers up perfectly prepared dishes on his robata style grill, sprinkling various other Japanese delicacies into the mix. But if you want a real treat, go for …
A copy of Eating Las Vegas: The 50 Essential Restaurants 2011 autographed by Pierre Gagnaire, Allessandro Stratta, Masa Takayama, Drew Terp, Joel Robuchon, Julian Serrano, Guy Savoy, Rick Moonen and Hubert Keller as well as authors Al Mancini, John Curtas and Max Jacobson will be auctioned off this Thursday at …
One of my favorite chefs, Jet Tila, will be hosting a pop-up dinner at one of my favorite restaurants on Monday. He’ll be at Marche Bacchus in Dessert Shores, which I recently wrote about in this blog. Tila will blend his pan-Asian cooking style with the French flavors of the …
On the most recent Top of the Food Chain, Jeffrey “Bubba” Amas of Barleys Casino & Brewing Company gave a crash course on beer — just in time for the upcoming Oktoberfest celebrations.
Vintner Grill’s Chef Matt Silverman might be one of the biggest cheese aficionados in Las Vegas. His restaurant has one of the largest cheese selections in town. He came on my show Top Of The Food Chain on our very first episode to offer an introduction to fine cheese. And …