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Fifth Street

December 2, 2021

Dec 02, 2021
A gourmet mushroom farm blooms in Vegas | The brain scan that ate my mind | Media Sommelier: Believe Her provokes outrage, but offers hope
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Desert Companion
Dining
A fruit-loaded Swedish waffle from Saga Pastry + Sandwich
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2021 Restaurant Awards: Hidden Gems of the Year

Nov 12, 2021

From high-concept waffles to decadent tacos, these five casual eateries made a splash in 2021

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Dining
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2021 Restaurant Awards

Nov 10, 2021

Whether they're longtime stalwarts or new upstarts, these restaurants defined the year in dining

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Editor's Note
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Eat Some Feelings

Nov 10, 2021

On the surface, this year’s awards may represent a happy return to normal (whatever that means anymore), but our esteem for this year’s honorees is anything but routine.

Fifth Street

June 17, 2021

Jun 17, 2021
What Makes American Food American, Anyway? | I Did Nothing Remotely Productive During the Pandemic and I’m Fine With It | Media Sommelier: When MyPillow Meets Trumpworld
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Fifth Street

March 25, 2021

Mar 25, 2021
Area15's Psychedelic Mall for the New Millennium | Follow These 6 Local Instagram Photographers | Parsing the Clark County Lands Bill | My Year of Quarantine Stoner Cuisine
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Eat City
Photo: Rob Flicker
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'Where We Were Supposed to Be'

Aug 09, 2018

At its new home in the Bellagio, the iconic Spago hits a new stride

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The Salt
In European cooking, salt reigned supreme, and pepper was one of many spices used in heavily seasoned dishes. When they met, they were destined to be. Or, rather, it was destined that they would meet.

How Did Salt And Pepper Become The Soulmates Of Western Cuisine?

Feb 02, 2018
The two flavors are mainstays on nearly every Western dining table, but their dominance was far from inevitable. In fact, their dual reign resulted from a "weird accident of history."
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The Salt
Chef James Syhabout says <em>Hawker Fare</em> isn't the definitive Lao cookbook and is in no way meant to be. But he is a champion of Lao food because "It's the little country that could"

With 'Hawker Fare,' Chef James Syhabout Shares Laotian Food He Grew Up With

Jan 24, 2018
When he started writing the cookbook, chef James Syhabout went to his ancestral homeland, Laos, to sample the food. Now, he hopes to introduce more people to the cuisine.
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The Salt
<em>Our Syria: Recipes From Home</em> gathers the stories of Syrian refugees, along with the recipes that remind them of home.

In 'Our Syria' Cookbook, Women Share Stories, Safeguard A Scattered Cuisine

Nov 20, 2017
Syrian cooking blends the most delicious flavors from the East and West. For the cookbook Our Syria, Itab Azzam and Dina Mousawi met with Syrian women in the Middle East and Europe to cook with them.
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The Salt
On any given day, about half of the restaurant's patrons orders one of Rasika's specialties, <em>palak chaat</em>, or crispy spinach. The secret is in the frying, says Sunderam.

In New Cookbook, Acclaimed Indian Restaurant Finally Spills Its Secrets

Oct 18, 2017
Rasika, a top eatery in Washington, D.C., is famous for its crispy spinach and modern twists on classic dishes. Now the owner and chef are sharing some of their prized — and adventurous — recipes.
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The Salt
An artfully plated dish with tricolor sauces is served at Osteria Francescana, Chef Massimo Bottura's three-Michelin-star restaurant in Modena, Italy, which topped last year's list of the World's 50 Best Restaurants.

The Politics Of Pizza: How Italy's Flag And Food Are Deliciously Intertwined

Oct 12, 2017
A nation's flag can help define its identity. But only one seems to intricately link the history and character of a people to their homeland's fare.
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The Salt
Kennedy gives a cooking demonstration at Bloomingdale's in New York City in 1972.

At 93, Diana Kennedy Still Reigns As Mexico's Feistiest Food Expert

Dec 08, 2016
The cookbook Nothing Fancy, first published in 1984, has just been re-released — and is the closest thing to a memoir that the formidable "Julia Child of Mexico" has ever written.
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The Salt
Slave Edmond Albius and a vanilla plant: "Vanilla is here thanks to a 12-year-old slave who figured out a botanical secret no one else knew," Lohman writes.

How Just 8 Flavors Have Defined American Cuisine

Dec 06, 2016
In her new book, Sarah Lohman says that even though America is culturally and ethnically diverse, its food is united by a handful of tastes that have permeated the nation's cuisine for centuries.
DC Blog
DC Road Trip 2016
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Basque in tradition: Winnemucca's Martin restaurant

Mar 29, 2016

The secret to The Martin's famous Basque cuisine? Keep it simple, make it hearty -- and add lots of garlic.

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Feast Mode
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Street food with style

Sep 11, 2015

Chada Street serves Thai cuisine with both uncompromising flavor — and surprising takeout prices

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Pan Asian Cuisine in Las Vegas

Jun 22, 2012
In some high-end casinos and all along Spring Mountain Road, you'll find Asian cuisine: Thai, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Indian, you name it!  But many restaurants are combining their cuisines in a Pan Asian style.  So how do you merge the best of many Asian foods?  How do chefs experiment with their menus?  Which restaurants do Pan Asian the best?  We talk with chefs about the wonderful world of Pan Asian cuisine.
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Eating Cheap on the Strip

Apr 11, 2012
Las Vegas brags about having a wealth of high-end restaurants with top-notch celebrity chefs. But that notoriety also comes with a pricetag.
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