Cotton candy doesn’t have a complex formula. It’s basically sugar, heated until it’s liquefied, then spun and forced through the fine holes of a machine to create ultra-slender threads that weave a gossamer cloud.
Heidi Knapp Rinella
Food, Restaurant critic
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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.
A record number of valley restaurants will participate in the 12th Las Vegas Restaurant Week, June 18-29, which benefits Three Square food bank.
The melting pot that is Southern Nevada serves us culinary experiences from around the world. One of the latest comes from France’s Brittany region.
Anthony Bourdain’s connections to Las Vegas run through countless chefs who have worked in our city, as well as several bars and restaurants he featured on his TV shows. As news broke of his death, and the circumstances that surrounded it, local chefs and restaurateurs reacted to the tragedy.
Las Vegas is well represented in the current crop of TV cooking competitions. On last week’s season premiere of “Master Chef,” UNLV student S.J. Yun made it through the auditions and was offered an apron by both Gordon Ramsay and Aaron Sanchez , allowing him to choose which chef would mentor him through the competition.
It’s Negroni Week, which means restaurants and bars around the valley are featuring the classic cocktail — equal parts Campari, gin and sweet vermouth — to benefit various charities in the annual event sponsored by Imbibe magazine and Campari.
After living in Blue Diamond for 11 years, Steve Enger and Jody Lyman are finally getting to know their neighbors. And they only had to open a restaurant to do it.
Yes, the chicken really is that good. Chef Sheridan Su’s Hainanese chicken has attracted a cult following at his Flock & Fowl spots.
The restaurants at SLS Las Vegas have introduced their summer menus, highlighting signature selections.
Thank Vegas Golden Knights fever for novelties such as a full-size chocolate goalie , specialty pizza, baked goods, cocktails and just about anything else you can think of, and the imagination continues.
Los Angeles native Gerald Ward began his career at Barona Resort Casino near San Diego in 2006, and started culinary school at the same time.
Celebrity chef Scott Conant has succeeded to a resounding degree with Masso Osteria at Red Rock Resort. His updated-Italian style conveys freshness and simplicity.
Chocolate chip cookie shots, chocolate splash fondue, alcohol-infused cupcakes and more are part of Oh La La Chocolat from noon to 5 p.m. Sundays at Sugar Factory at the Fashion Show mall.