Ayesha Curry preps for International Smoke opening
 
Ayesha Curry preps for International Smoke opening

Ayesha Curry talks about preparing for the opening of International Smoke, her collaboration with Michael Mina at MGM Grand in Las Vegas (Al Mancini/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Holiday Honey Toast at Sake Rok in Las Vegas
 
Holiday Honey Toast at Sake Rok in Las Vegas

Bill Lee, executive sous chef at Sake Rok at The Park in Las Vegas, makes Holiday Honey Toast by hollowing out soft white pain de mie bread, coating it in butter, honey and sugar, toasting it and topping with three scoops of mint-chocolate chip ice cream, more honey-butter, gumdrops, candy canes, powdered sugar and cinnamon. (Heidi Knapp Rinella/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

New lunch menu at Momofuku Las Vegas
 
New lunch menu at Momofuku Las Vegas

Chef Michael Rubinstein talks about the new lunch menu at Momofuku. (Al Mancini/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Shirley Chung is “coming home” for Paired dinner
 
Shirley Chung is “coming home” for Paired dinner

Celebrity chef Shirley Chung is back in Las Vegas to co-host a sold out collaborative dinner Saturday night at Red Plate in The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. (Al Mancini/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Dandelion Chocolate opening at The Venetian
 
Dandelion Chocolate opening at The Venetian

San Francisco’s Dandelion Chocolate will open its first Las Vegas café and retail store in The Venetian on Saturday. To celebrate, they’ll be offering guests free hot chocolate. (Al Mancini/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Lbertine Social’s Pastrami Feast
 
Lbertine Social’s Pastrami Feast

Libertine Social’s massive, house-made short-rib pastrami for $175 latter consists of three bones of short rib brined for seven days, smoked for six hours and cooked sous vide for two days before it’s finished in the restaurant’s pizza oven to give it a bark. It’s then carved and presented tableside with an assortment of sides and lettuce for making wraps. What’s “leftover” is then returned to the kitchen and prepared as Reuben sandwiches.

Ellis Island unveils The Front Yard
 
Ellis Island unveils The Front Yard

Ellis Island’s marketing director Christina Ellis talks about the new addition of the Front Yard. (Al Mancini/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Views of the first Las Vegas Pizza Festival – VIDEO
 
Views of the first Las Vegas Pizza Festival – VIDEO

The inaugural Las Vegas Pizza Festival, held Nov. 16 at the Industrial Event Space, drew 1,500 pizza lovers to sample the wares of 20 local pizza makers. (Heidi Knapp Rinella/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Sheridan Su’s Every Grain Is Now Open
 
Sheridan Su’s Every Grain Is Now Open

Sheridan Su’s latest restaurant, Every Grain, is open for lunch from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. (Al Mancini/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Smoked Sazerac at Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse in Las Vegas
 
Smoked Sazerac at Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse in Las Vegas

Chase Jefferies, a bartender at Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse in Las Vegas, makes a Smoked Sazerac by shaking Hennessy, Bulleit Rye, Pernod Absinthe, maple syrup and Peychaud’s Bitters with ice, then filling a snifter with applewood smoke and pouring the drink over an oversized ice cube. (Heidi Knapp Rinella/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Warm Salt-Roasted Beets at La Cave Wine & Food Hideaway in Las Vegas
 
Warm Salt-Roasted Beets at La Cave Wine & Food Hideaway in Las Vegas

Chris Yamauchi, sous chef at La Cave Wine & Food Hideaway at Wynn Las Vegas, roasts fresh beets for three hours, peels, cubes and chills them, then sautés them with butter, sherry vinegar and black pepper and tops with goat cheese and pistachios. (Heidi Knapp Rinella/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Making Cochinita Pibil Tacos at Santos Guisados Tacos & Beer in Las Vegas
 
Making Cochinita Pibil Tacos at Santos Guisados Tacos & Beer in Las Vegas

Lola Vasquez, a cook at Santos Guisados Tacos & Beer in Las Vegas, makes Cochinita Pibil Tacos by rubbing a pork shoulder with signature seasoning, marinating it in a mixture of achiote, peppercorns, clove, cumin, salt and fresh lime and orange juices and roasting overnight. (Heidi Knapp Rinella/Las Vegas Review-Journal )

Nation’s Largest Student Farmers Market
 
Nation’s Largest Student Farmers Market

600 students participate in massive farmers market, Oct. 23,2019. (Elizabeth Page Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Sourdough Cafe at Arizona Charlie’s in Las Vegas makes horseradish potato chips – VIDEO
 
Sourdough Cafe at Arizona Charlie’s in Las Vegas makes horseradish potato chips – VIDEO

Sean Gassaway, room chef at the Sourdough Cafe at Arizona Charlie’s Decatur in Las Vegas, makes horseradish potato chips by heating prepared horseradish to remove some of the moisture, mixing it with kosher salt and further dehydrating it, tossing it with house-made chips and serving it as a monthly special with a bratwurst on a roll, sauerkraut, spicy mustard and a cup of cheese dip. (Heidi Knapp Rinella/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Green Eggs and Ham at Carson Kitchen in Las Vegas
 
Green Eggs and Ham at Carson Kitchen in Las Vegas

Scott Simon, executive chef at Carson Kitchen in Las Vegas, makes a Green Eggs and Ham Flatbread with pistou, smoked mozzarella, tasso ham and eggs. Heidi Knapp Rinella/Las Vegas Review-Journal

A Taste of Eataly Las Vegas
 
A Taste of Eataly Las Vegas

Executive Chef Nicole Brisson gives a tour around Eataly Las Vegas, located in the Park MGM. (Mat Luschek/Review-Journal)

CES 2019: Panel talks Impossible Burger 2.0
 
CES 2019: Panel talks Impossible Burger 2.0

Panel talks Impossible Burger at CES during launch at Border Grill on Monday, Jan. 7. (Ben Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Benefit dinner for Kerry Clasby, the Intuitive Forager
 
Benefit dinner for Kerry Clasby, the Intuitive Forager

Sonia El-Nawal of Rooster Boy Cafe in Las Vegas talks about having a benefit for Kerry Clasby, known as the Intuitive Forager, who suffered losses on her farm in California’s Woolsey Fire in Malibu. (Al Mancini/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

South Point going strong with “old-school” playbook
 
South Point going strong with “old-school” playbook

South Point is among few casino operators that still offer “cheap food, good odds,” says Anthony Curtis, a publisher of books on Las Vegas. The resort’s video poker slots return 99%, compared with about 96% or 97% on the Strip, according to Curtis. “Gaughan knows that you get them in the door with food and liquor and entertainment and you make a few bucks when they gamble,” says Ted Newkirk, founder of Access Vegas.
South Point is unique among Las Vegas resorts for its 4,600-seat equestrian arena.
“The secret is you have to find people that want to play [on the casino floor],” says Michael Gaughan, owner of South Point

Lip Smacking Foodie Tours takes you where the locals go
 
Lip Smacking Foodie Tours takes you where the locals go

Donald Contursi talks about Lip Smacking Foodie Tours, which offers walking tours of restaurants on and off Las Vegas Boulevard with food samples and tidbits of history about the places they visit.

McDonald’s Planning Big Change for Happy Meals
 
McDonald’s Planning Big Change for Happy Meals

McDonald’s Planning Big Change for Happy Meals The restaurant chain has made a pledge to make one of their signature meals healthier by 2022. Happy Meal choices will be hamburgers and four- and six-piece Chicken McNuggets. However, parents will still be able to ask for cheeseburgers. Here are a few more
key notes: • Bottled water will be added
• Chocolate milk will contain less sugar
• More fruits, vegetables and grains
will be served French fry sizes will also be smaller. McDonald’s restaurants in the U.S. will serve Happy Meals containing 600 calories or less by June. Ernest Baskin, professor of food marketing at St. Joseph’s University (Money)

Olympic Gold Medalist Chloe Kim Just Became an Overnight Sensation
 
Olympic Gold Medalist Chloe Kim Just Became an Overnight Sensation

Chloe Kim Just Shredded the Women’s Halfpipe. The Internet Is Calling Her the Greatest of All Time Kim took the world by storm with her dazzling performance in the women’s halfpipe final, which earned her a gold medal. The 17-year-old not only crushed it at her first Olympics with a near-perfect score of 98.2 but won over the hearts of spectators with her humor. Kim tweeted this gem just hours before her gold medal performance and it isn’t the first time she posted about food. The American also became the youngest woman to capture a medal in snowboarding. She’s a rockstar!

Whiskey in Wilderness 2
 
Whiskey in Wilderness 2

Notable Las Vegas chefs, bartenders host outdoor cookout (Al Mancini Las Vegas Review-Journal)

This Las Vegas bar has a ‘wine ATM’
 
This Las Vegas bar has a ‘wine ATM’

Serve yourself at a “wine ATM.” Hostile Grape at M Resort lets you pour your own. (Janna Karel/Las Vegas Review-Journal)