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July 2019

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Stories from the July 2019 Issue

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Quiche
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Consider the Quiche (and Fritatta)

Jul 01, 2019

Quiche is super-manly. It’s hungry-guy peasant fare from rustic Europe. Think about the makings of classic quiche Lorraine: eggs, cream, bacon, and buttery crust.

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Sonia El-Nawal
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Pie Confidential: Pastry Pros Dish Their Secrets

Jun 24, 2019

On all issues "pie" including "galettes," "crust," and "homemade pies."

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Jamaican Patty
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Other Pie-Type Things Wrapped in Dough

Jun 24, 2019

There was an office debate that verged on civil war about, well, isn’t pizza a form of pie?, and what about other forms and species of pie, such as pasties, empanadas, and calzones?

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Pear Cheddar
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Summer Dining 2019

Jun 24, 2019

What’s a foodie’s summer frolic without that seasonal dessert mainstay, pie? Whether they’re bulging with fruit or laden with cream, pies are at once blamelessly domestic and shamelessly indulgent.

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Nara Hayes
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How to Eat a City

Jun 24, 2019

Beyond the valley’s restaurant scene, you can taste the real Las Vegas — a city of many vibrant cultures — in the dishes, ingredients, and traditions of its home cooks.

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All in
Off ramp
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Visual Commentary: Ramping Up

Jun 25, 2019

Love it or hate it, Project Neon is done this month.

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Store
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Profile: Sweet Success

Jun 24, 2019

He came to the bakery looking for work. He got a slice of the American Dream.

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All in
voting
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Politics: The Puny Munis

Jun 24, 2019

This year’s municipal elections proved that big changes are possible — when voters actually show up

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All in
Library
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Urban Life: Complex Plot

Jun 24, 2019

The new East Las Vegas Library is utterly unlibrarylike. And that’s exactly the point.

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Chapel
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History: Recapturing the Bliss

Jun 24, 2019

Once a busy wedding venue, the iconic — and retired — Candlelight Chapel is still making memories.

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Bundy
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Essay: All the Rage

Jun 24, 2019

Two new books diagnose the anger-driven causes and effects of Bundyism, making it clear that there’s no “we” in “patriot”

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Dawn
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Field Notes: The Caveman Cometh

Jun 24, 2019

If you’re gonna play convenience store keno, this is the place.

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All out
Mr. Fluffles
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Should You Shave Mr. Fluffles?

Jun 26, 2019

And other burning questions about keeping your pets cool this summer

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All out
Flower up
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Nature: Flower Up

Jun 26, 2019

It’ll be an uphill trek if you want to get an eyeful of Nevada’s summer wildflowers — but they’re worth it.

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Buldogis
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Dining: Dog Fight!

Jun 26, 2019

Whether you prefer classic hot dogs or crazy on a bun, we have a nice wiener for you.

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Pizza
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Free Pizza!

Jun 26, 2019

No fruit? Always round? Has to be Italian? Get your laws off my pizza — and taste these renegade slices that break the rules in all the right ways.

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Tennis Ball
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Sports: That's Tennis-tainment!

Jun 25, 2019

The Vegas Rollers bring professional team tennis to town. It’s a game about spectacle (and party rock) as much as sport.

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Spiritual Abberation
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Pixels of Spirit

Jun 25, 2019

Spiritual Aberration — an exhibit that finds UNLV digital photography students defying the frothy aesthetic of summer by examining the portentous topics of deviance and divinity.

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Cheuk
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The Hot Seat

Jun 25, 2019

Events worth leaving your air-conditioning to experience.

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All out
Toni James
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Entertainment: Queen of the Strip

Jun 25, 2019

With his new show, longtime female impersonator Toni James hopes to revive the Vegas drag extravaganza.

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Editor's Note
Andrew Kiraly
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Home Cooking

Jun 25, 2019

If not stopped, I will pretty much eat pie continuously in a trance-like state of primal urges being fulfilled.

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End Note

Random Access Memory: July

Jun 25, 2019

A look at July's past.

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Marilyn Gubler
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Boss Lady

Jun 25, 2019

After a life in Nevada politics, former GOP kingmaker Marilyn Gubler now runs a desert ranch, where there’s no question who sits in the big saddle.

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Writer in Residence
Housing Shortage
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A Roof of One's Own: Is an affordability crunch on the way?

Jun 25, 2019

The cranes are back on the Strip. The wood frames of single-family homes are rising again in our neighborhoods.

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