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Pasta Shop Ristorante & Art Gallery offers feast for the senses

When a restaurant has been in business in Las Vegas for 20 years, you might get the idea that they’re doing something right, and in the case of The Pasta Shop Ristorante & Art Gallery, you’d be correct.

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Compiling fantasy team of tribute artists easy in Vegas

There are way too many talent contests on TV now, but still there’s one I kind of miss: the one for celebrity impersonators called “The Next Best Thing.”

Seeking Spanish red peanuts and readers reply

Spanish red peanuts evoke a nice memory for me. My dad was a big fan of them — especially when they were hot, which is how we used to get them at a counter in a department store near my childhood home. Maybe that’s why we went to that store more than any other.

Yes, dad thinks son can dance

I knew what Earl Turner was doing Tuesday night: watching his son Aaron tap his way into the top 20 of the Fox competition “So You Think You Can Dance.”

Fogo de Chao offering free wine for locals

Fogo de Chao in the Hughes Center, 360 E. Flamingo Road, is offering a locals’ special, starting Friday. With the purchase of two regular-priced meals (lunch or dinner), residents with valid Nevada ID can get a free bottle of wine, a house-label Malbec that normally sells for $84. There’s a limit of one bottle per four guests, and those who don’t drink wine can opt for a dessert instead. The restaurant also is offering a free meal for kids 12 and younger, with the purchase of a full-priced adult lunch or dinner, on Sundays through Thursdays. …

East Coast favorite Carmine’s bound for Forum Shops

Celebrity chefs and landmark restaurants continue to come and go in Las Vegas. One of the latest is Carmine’s, based on New York’s Upper West Side and with locations also in Times Square, Atlantic City, Washington, D.C., and the Bahamas. Carmine’s is scheduled to open in July at the Forum Shops at Caesars. Here’s a recipe from the restaurant’s cookbook.

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