The difference between an apple and an orange? How about the difference between an apple and an apple? This seemingly straightforward, most American of fruits actually is possessed of complexities that can make one variety very different from another.
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Echo & Rig, which opened late last month, is from Sam Marvin, late of Bottega Louie in Los Angeles.
Wine: Bodega Lurton Flor de Torrontes
Restaurant developer/Honey Salt owner Elizabeth Blau has fond memories of the Rosh Hashanas of her youth.
Heritage Steak, which opened late last month, is from James Beard Award-winning chef Tom Colicchio, head judge on TV’s “Top Chef” and also familiar to Las Vegans for his Craftsteak at MGM Grand.
Each week Neon spotlights a different cuisine in the Dining Guide, with Italian restaurants this week. Restaurants are rated on a letter-grade scale, from A to F. Opinions by R-J critic Heidi Knapp Rinella (H.K.R.) are indicated by initials. Price symbols are based on the cost of an average entree: $ = entrees less than $10; $$ = entrees from $10 to $20; $$$ = entrees from $20 to $30; and $$$$ = entrees more than $30.
“Good” and “gluten-free” usually don’t end up in the same sentence as “bread,” but the conventional wisdom has it that Udi’s is the exception. So it’s no wonder I received several responses from readers after Roberta Shulman emailed that she’s looking for Udi’s, from a source other than Trader Joe’s.
Smashberry wine is a deeply opaque purplish-fuchsia color with a dense blackish core going out into a fine violet-red rim definition with high painted viscosity.
Manager Jenny Wong calls Fat Choy “Asian diner meets comfort food” and describes the decor as “casual, kind of like a diner, kind of hip.”
If your idea of tailgating is a case of beer and a bag of chips, you have so, so much to learn, my friend.
Gerri Frederick is looking for super-sized ice-cream sundaes like the former Leatherby’s used to serve, and I’m guessing she’s going to have a lot of fun checking out the suggestions from her fellow readers.
TV food personality Giada De Laurentiis’ first restaurant will be on the Las Vegas Strip. The still-unnamed restaurant, expected to open early next year, will be on the second floor of the Gansevoort (formerly Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall, formerly the Barbary Coast), in a space that had been a parking garage.
Pretzel bread went national this summer — and mass-market — when Wendy’s introduced its Pretzel Bacon Cheeseburger, following a trend that local bakers have seen building for years.
Braddah”;s opened late last month, offering a new type of fusion — Hawaiian island-style foods served as burritos, bowls or a trio of tacos.
Wine: Cecilia Beretta Brognoligo Soave Classico DOCG