These dishes featuring grains, greens and great flavors let you start the season light Commercials for quinoa air on football Sundays, kale gets chopped into Starbucks salads, and Meatless Mondays is a legitimate movement. Has rabbit food really gone mainstream? Well, yes and no.

A fiery 1942 plane crash on Mount Potosi rattled the Las Vegas Valley — and sent shockwaves through Hollywood and beyond Editor’s note: On the evening of January 16, 1942, TWA Flight 3 slammed into Mount Potosi just west of Las Vegas, bursting into a ball of flame. On the plane was film star Carole Lombard, returning to Los Angeles from Indiana, where she was performing to promote war bonds.

Does neon still have a home in the changing Las Vegas lightscape? Not much anymore — but it shouldWhen people close their eyes and think of Las Vegas, their mind may light on a chilled cocktail, a statuesque showgirl, a pair of tumbling dice — but the background is always neon. Luminous streaks and flourishes of red and blue, canary and emerald, cerulean and magenta flashing and fading against a velvet-dark background.

Two new eateries try to mix casual and classy.In a city that sustains itself on imported resources, it’s sometimes easy to miss what’s right under our nose.

April's dining events you don’t want to miss Brasserie, Burgers, and OystersApril 9. This upscale version of a backyard barbecue is inspired by both Parisian bistros and the famed Comme Ça Burger.

El CortezThe El Cortez was the first hotel owned by Bugsy Siegel and, unlike the second, it’s kept the original pink neon intact. The rooftop hotel sign is a classic easily imagined in the background of a film noir, while the sideways “GAMBLING” sign is admirable for its forthrightness.

The Tamale Boat at Al’s Beef 6840 W. Sahara Ave.