RM Seafood: Top Chef Masters’ Dinner

Two of my favorite cooking shows are Top Chef and Top Chef Masters. A couple of weeks ago, I’d heard that Rick Moonen was hosting a charity dinner at RM Seafood, along with this season’s TCM winner, Marcus Samuelsson. All proceeds were to benefit a wonderful local charity, Three Square, which serves to fight hunger [...]

Taste of the Nation, Las Vegas 2010

This was the first year I attended Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation event, and it certainly won’t be the last! It was held at the Palm’s Rain Nightclub on June 2, and it was the perfect evening for the event. We walked to the pool area, the sun was still out, and there [...]

Vegas Uncork’d Grand Tasting, 2010

I almost didn’t make it to the Grand Tasting event this year.. but where there’s a will, there’s a way! Like last year, it was a gorgeous night, and there was some incredible food to be had. Also like last year, it was incredibly crowded, in fact, it was even worse. Umm, aren’t we in [...]

New Years 2010

New Years day for me has historically been all about food. I’m not sure why, but my family, as well as just about every other Japanese American family that I know, loves to start off the New Year with a ridiculous amount of food, including fried wontons, sushi, mochi, various grilled or fried meats, and [...]

Las Vegas Greek Food Festival 2009

Despite the fact that both of us were suffering from miserable colds, we ventured out to get some food at the Las Vegas Greek Food Festival. I’m ashamed to admit that this was the first time I’d been. It’s held at the St. John The Baptist Greek Orthodox Church off Hacienda and Jones. Parking is [...]

Rick Bayless’s Black Mole with Chicken

After watching Rick Bayless win the title of Top Chef Master, I wanted to try making that black mole that helped him win! Unfortunately, Vegas isn’t exactly close to Chicago, and he doesn’t have a recipe for it.. yet. But I did find an older recipe for black mole in one of his cookbooks, so [...]

Valley Cheese & Wine

Since we were out in Henderson, which is kind of rare for us, I figured it was the perfect opportunity to check out Valley Cheese & Wine. I’ve been hearing great things about this shop for awhile now.. but being lazy, hadn’t had the energy to drive to the other side of town to check [...]

Farm fresh finds in Vegas (updated)

While we are at a disadvantage here in Vegas by living in a desert, and therefore having a distinct lack of farmland, there are still a few gems available for truly ‘fresh’ food items:

Easter 2009

For Easter this year, we decided to FINALLY break out our Rotisserie. Sheesh, that thing was a wedding gift, and has been sitting in our pantry for over 4 years! Oh well, better late than never, right?

Kurobuta Pork

I’ve never been a fan of anything coming from a pig. For most of my life I’ve disliked pork chops, ham, and even bacon and sausage. In the past few years I’ve come to appreciate and even like bacon and sausage, and I’m trying to make the taste transition to pork chops. Ham, on the [...]

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