A lot of people are looking for products that don’t contain high-fructose corn syrup, and finding them difficult to locate. In response to Anna Carlton, who’s looking for soft drinks with regular sugar, Dean B. Pomerantz and C. John Stark suggested she check Mexican markets. I’ve noticed that not all soft drinks sold in Mexican markets are made without the corn syrup, but Pomerantz recommended looking for small bottles of Coke and Pepsi in six-packs. “You can tell which ones they are because they have a nutrition/ingredient sticker on the bottles,” Stark noted.
Food
Look at it from your kids’ perspective.
Wine: Astoria Lounge Vino Spumante Dolce
Bear’s Best Las Vegas bar, 11111 W. Flamingo Road, received 26 demerits Aug. 26. Violations included employee drinks on prep surface. GRADE: C
Chef Jean-David Groff-Daudet is hardly a Johnny-come-lately to the slow food movement. While growing up and training in France, using ingredients obtained from as close to the source as possible — and then preparing them as cleanly as possible — was just the way things were done.
Aces Bar & Grill, 7272 S. El Capitan Way, received 16 demerits Aug. 19. Violations included food held at improper temperature. GRADE: B
Popcorn’s a great treat, but those nasty little hulls can be problematic. But readers have come to the rescue with sources for hull-less popcorn for Dee Wade.
Elvira Macias and her two small children were relaxing in a booth over a lunch of tacos and soft drinks just before noon one day last week. Afterward, she would be able to walk a few steps and do a little grocery shopping.
Conventional wisdom has it that TV food shows have spurred an interest in cooking, so does it follow that shows such as “Ace of Cakes” on the Food Network and TLC’s “Cake Boss” have stirred the same sort of passions for cake decorating?
Aces & Ales restaurant, 3740 S. Nellis Blvd., received 16 demerits Aug. 11. Violations included microwave dirty. GRADE: B
Utah transplants Basila and John Graham thought they were ready for retirement, so they sold their full-service Mediterranean restaurant in St. George.
The bad news: Canada Dry Diet Ginger Ale remains an elusive commodity in Las Vegas. The good news: Readers have some suggestions for Susan Abraham, who’s looking for good-quality brands.
Schools across the valley may have already opened their doors for this school year, but we’re still collecting reader ideas for making school lunches just a little more interesting.