Five places where the chefs play with fire.
Food
Georges LaForge passed away early Sunday morning of liver cancer and other ailments. He was 82.
The Las Vegas Aviators may be a minor-league operation, but the food at their new ballpark will be worthy of the majors.
Cotton candy for breakfast is a thing — at least at Maxie’s, a new restaurant in The Linq Promenade.
Brunch at Smashed Pig
The oenophile’s-dream benefit for students in the hospitality program at UNLV was born in 1974 in Southern Wine Spirits’ (now Southern Glazer’s) warehouse, drawing a couple of hundred people.
Carrie Hogan was an event planner and worked for a wedding concierge service when she saw a movie that reduced her to tears and convinced her to try to help improve the world.
The pasta is still made fresh — some is sold to nearly a dozen local restaurants, including some on the Strip.
An interactive cooking class focusing on Basque cuisine is scheduled from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. March 29 at Divine Cafe at the Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd.
On the decidedly French-accented menu at Favorite Bistro at The Linq Promenade are such dishes as escargots bourguignon, cassoulet and ratatouille.
Want the world? Don’t we all? At The Venetian it can be yours, for a mere $450,000. And up.
Five places in Las Vegas to enjoy piled-high, ooey-gooey, beefy sandwiches
MB Steak at the Hard Rock Hotel has introduced its spring menu, including salt-crusted sea bass with extra-virgin olive oil, charred lemon and capers, cracked tableside for two at market price.
Math geeks have their own food holidays, too. Hence Pi Day, which is Thursday (3/14, get it? As in pi, which is an infinite number but starts 3.14159)?
Sure, you could settle for boring old burgers and wings to fuel your viewing of all of the Pac-12 Basketball Tournament and March Madness action, but Sake Rok’s new Sushi Burger sounds much more interesting.
