In last week’s column we reported two sources for the coconut-custard pie being sought by Ray Ellis. But I often find that it’s actually easier, if I’m having difficulty finding a particular product, to make it myself.
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With so many Italian restaurants in Las Vegas — as is the case with most American metropolitan areas, Italian being one of the most popular restaurant genres nationally — when I review one, I look for something that makes it stand out from the crowd.
After I ran a request from Marge Phegley for a recipe for green-tomato relish like that served at the Hush Puppy, I received several from readers (and thanks to all of them). I haven’t been to the Hush Puppy in quite a while, but I’m hoping that one of the two recipes that follow is a close approximation.
You just never know when you’re going to happen upon a top-notch Thai spot in a plaza with a store selling showgirl supplies, a spa that promises “girls, girls, girls” and something that appears to be an adult film studio.
Yup, it’s here again. It may seem impossible — wasn’t it March just yesterday? — but Christmas is two days away.
I thought I was past the point of being amazed at what the owners of Indian restaurants can do to transform their interiors, but after a visit to Curry Leaf, I realized I was mistaken.
When someone asks me for a recommendation for a traditional holiday meal, I customarily point out that traditions can vary widely from one family to the next; on Christmas Eve, one person’s Feast of the Seven Fishes is the next person’s tamales.
Numerous Taste of the Town readers came to the aid of Cindy Zambarano, who’s looking for a recipe for an ultra-hard anise cookie that her 88-year-old father remembers his grandmother baking.
I feel the pain of Taste of the Town reader Blake Myers, having found it impossible to find dry-curd cottage cheese — an integral part of one of my grandmother’s recipes — since moving to Las Vegas more than 16 years ago.