CraftHaus Brewery , based in Henderson, is planning a second tasting room at 197 California St. in the Las Vegas Arts District, with opening expected in early spring.
Heidi Knapp Rinella
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Heidi Knapp Rinella is an award-winning journalist with more than 35 years of experience as a writer and editor at newspapers in Ohio, Florida and Nevada, and is the author of seven books. She’s been with the Review-Journal as a feature writer and food critic since October 1999.
Southern Nevada’s mild winters make grilling year-round practical and convenient. But maybe because of those supermarket specials, Labor Day still feels like the last hurrah.
Photographer Nathan Myhrvold captured the very essence of a glass of absinthe.
Nacho Daddy is going Greek through Sept. 3 with My Big Fat Greek Nacho.
We all have our vices. If pasta is yours, has Esther’s Kitchen got a deal for you.
Attention, pasta fans: Charge your devices and exercise your fingers, because Thursday is Olive Garden’s Pasta Pass day.
Hong Kong icon Mott 32 will launch its first U.S. restaurant at Palazzo, with an opening expected this winter.
El Dorado Cantina chef Francisco “Paco” Cortes has multiplied the scope of his tableside guacamole with three limited-edition versions.
The Mexican-inspired menu is strictly vegan, with such dishes as carne asada tacos made with seitan and barbacoa tacos made with mushrooms and jackfruit.
B rigadeiros are fudgy little morsels, similar to truffles but chewier. And like truffles they’re made with a few simple ingredients and have a neutral-palette nature adaptable to an endless variety of flavors and coatings.
Ghost peppers are no longer considered the hottest in the world — the Carolina Reaper holds that distinction — but they pack plenty of punch.
Zuma at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas has added several new premium-quality dishes to its menu: cured Hokkaido scallops with wasabi ponzu and yuzu tobiko, prime beef tartare with bincho mayonnaise and seaweed crisp, and Iberico pork with yuzu truffle and garlic chips.
The culinary lineup for this year’s Life is Beautiful Music Art Festival, which will be Sept. 21-23 in downtown Las Vegas, will involve more than 70 Southern Nevada restaurants — some of which haven’t even opened yet.
Ri Ra’s classic potato and leek soup, $5 (add $2 for bacon and cheddar) has been joined by four special dishes for the restaurant’s Potato Week, which continues until National Potato Day on Sunday.
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