The industry-only Pizza Expo 2014 runs through Thursday at the Las Vegas Convention Center’s North Hall. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is estimating the number of attendees to be 12,000, bringing a nongaming economic impact of $15.1 million to the city.
A former baker for multiple Four Seasons Hotels and the former assistant pastry chef of The Mirage, Jones is no stranger to high-end sweets operations. It was through opening her own business in 2011 and a resulting storefront eight months ago, though, that she discovered a whole new world. “I’m so much more aware of small business and I try so much harder in my personal life to support small business now, way more than I did before,” Jones said.
The E-Trade baby has quit after being upstaged by a singing cat named Beanie.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture cited Dirk Arthur’s Wild Magic show in December for declawing lions and tigers, keeping a snow leopard in a rusty cage and chaining a bobcat in a dangerous way.
Blue Bell Ice Cream will be available in Las Vegas starting Monday, and if you can wait til Thursday, you can get a free taste at several spots around the valley.
