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Watch out for this Social Security scam

Social Security Commissioner Martin O’Malley advised Americans not to fall “this stunt” regarding a cost-of-living adjustment.

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Free your oven on Thanksgiving

Want to free up some oven space on Thanksgiving? Here are five small appliances that can help you shift the burden.

The Dish: News you can eat and drink

Tacos, rose sangria, doughnuts, Reckless in the Kitchen events and the 10th anniversary of Mesa Grill highlight this week’s restaurant events.

Filmmaker says TV portrayal of Amish culture is inaccurate

They typically wear plain clothing with nothing as fancy as a button or a zipper, travel by horse-drawn buggy and shun modern conveniences like electricity, but the negative portrayal of Amish people in television shows like “Breaking Amish” and “Amish Mafia” is inaccurate in some eyes.

On the menu: Ice cream

You could scream on National Ice Cream Day this Sunday, or you could try one of these. Your choice.

Dinosaur exhibit hatches at Natural History Museum

The traveling exhibit “Hatching the Past” brings more than 100 dinosaur eggs and embryos to the Las Vegas Natural History Museum through Sept. 16.

How to cook seafood like a Las Vegas chef

There’s something fishy, it seems, about preparing seafood at home. Part of it is the … umm … fragrance, which can linger in and around the kitchen for days. Part of it is uncertainty about finding the right fish or shellfish. And part of it’s just not knowing how to prepare the generally delicate product so that it’s as good as something you’ve had in a restaurant. Well, Las Vegas chefs have plenty of experience preparing seafood, and we talked to a few of them about these all-important points.

Wine of the Week: Tacora Cabernet Sauvignon-Carmenere

Tacora, named for a famous Chilean volcano, is one of the smaller production wines available in the market here from Chile, unlike massive brands such as Concha y Toro and Montes, and fortunately so for us.