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Nov/Dec 2010

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What meals may come: A foodie preview of The Cosmopolitan

Nov 01, 2010

The Cosmopolitan will unleash Vegas' next big culinary blitz - and bring a renewed focus on local palates

Jaleo's arroz mediterraneo paella, with porcini mushrooms, mixed vegetables, olives and thyme

We got our first taste of the upscale food phenom on the Strip with the opening of the Bellagio in 1998. We got another taste when Steve Wynn tried to up his culinary cred with Wynn Las Vegas in 2005, and again when his rival Sheldon Adelson opened the Palazzo.

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The 2010 Restaurant Awards

Nov 01, 2010

The envelope (and the check), please. It's time for our annual Desert Companion Restaurant Awards.

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A conversation with innovation: A lively talk with three up-and-coming Vegas food phenoms

Nov 01, 2010

Jet Tila is the chef at Wazuzu, the buzzworthy pan-Asian restaurant at Encore Las Vegas. He is from L.

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UNLV's historic menu collection: A feast for the eyes

Nov 01, 2010

When you're eating out, the dining experience begins long before that first forkful hits the flavor zone (i.e.

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The other natives: Helping Native Americans succeed

Nov 01, 2010

To most of us, November means a big turkey, loud relatives and deathlike, tryptophan-induced slumbers in the easy chair. However, it's also Native American Heritage Month.

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Our food critics eat WHAT?!

Nov 01, 2010

If you find yourself hungry for more after you've digested our Restaurant Awards (page 42), dig into our panel of critics' other picks for Sin City foodies to swallow. A new book by John Curtas, Max Jacobson and Al Mancini, Eating Las Vegas: The 50 Essential Restaurants (Huntington Press, $12.

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Create a Change: 'We want to get families back to the dinner table'

Nov 01, 2010

Ask your kids where carrots come from, and we bet you ten bucks they say a carrot factory. Consider it a symptom of an era when agribusiness and grocery megachains have turned sustenance into a global cash machine - one that contributes to childhood obesity.

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Oh, you shouldn't have: The gift guide for everyone

Nov 01, 2010

The Healthy Baby Bundle by LaVanila Laboratories, $42
For: Your adorable new niece/nephew/cousin/godchild/foundling (and the accompanying parents who will appreciate the gesture)
Why: They'll be so delighted you remembered to get a gift for their little darling that you may be spared babysitting duty for the next few months.
Where: Sephora in the Meadows Mall, 870-9182; Miracle Mile in Planet Hollywood, 737-0550; Grand Canal Shoppes in the Venetian, 735-3896; Town Square, 361-3727

Skull cardholder wallet, $35
For: Your husband, whose wallet bulge you can spot even from where you're sitting, even though he's in the kitchen making himself a BLT.

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Shop: The new reins behind Coach

Nov 01, 2010

The new reins behind Coach

Wondering about that brand new name recently opened near the Trevi Fountain at the Forum Shops? Reed Krakoff is best known as the current president of Coach, Inc. - and the man that brought said label back from designer handbag purgatory and onto the arms of many a well-heeled suburbanite and city-dweller.

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Grace under pressure: How to appreciate the Colorado River Bridge

Nov 01, 2010

Few structures still stand tall in Southern Nevada after 75 years -- and fewer that do still leave you in awe. But standing on the Hoover Dam, it's still inspiring to peer over the edge into the river far below your feet.

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Speak, foodie memory: Creating moments to truly savor

Nov 01, 2010

Last November, I was plotting a path through CityCenter and all its scrumptious treasures. My first visit to the Strip's latest restaurant wonderland found me at Julian Serrano, and the food was so good, I got stuck.

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History

Klatsch of the titans

Nov 01, 2010

Many of Southern Nevada's cultural institutions have roots in the historic Mesquite Club, the women's organization that does much more than afternoon tea
Nearly 100 years ago, a group of Las Vegas women gathered for tea. The city hasn't been the same since.

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You make me feel brand new: Developers who reload rather than implode

Nov 01, 2010

Steven Spiegel and Michael Crandall of the Siegel Group have quickly made a name for themselves rehabbing historic properties from downtown to Mount Charleston.

Build it up.

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Issues

Spread the health around: The new local health care co-op that's got the president's attention

Nov 01, 2010

A new program brings affordable health care to the uninsured of Las Vegas. It started in Nevada - but it's creating a stir across the nation

In 2007, Reno security guard Ron Watson lost his job - and his health insurance.

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The taste of things to come

Nov 01, 2010

As we close out the two thousand "ands" -- the decade that was the "ohs," "aughts" and "naughts" -- there's no argument it was an extraordinary one for Las Vegas. And not just for us.

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Style

Sharp is the season

Nov 01, 2010

Whether it's cooked goose or crafted cocktails, you'll shine in style this holiday season.

Blue Alert

The tuxedo originated as a deviation in formal wear, a deviation that at the time was considered scandalous, gauche and daring.

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