Lorraine Blanco Moss
Exit Spring Mountain Host & ProducerLorraine Blanco Moss is the host of KNPR's award-winning Asian American Pacific Islander podcast, Exit Spring Mountain. She's also a former producer for State of Nevada, specializing in food and hospitality, women's issues, and sports.
Before joining the KNPR team, she worked as a professional chef/cook at several prominent Strip restaurants including Bazaar Meat by José Andrés and Joe's Stone Crab. She even got to cook at the James Beard House in New York City. Prior to that, Lorraine worked as a TV news anchor/reporter for KTVU in the Bay Area, KXTV in Sacramento, WHBF in Illinois, and KVVU here, in Las Vegas.
She enjoys volunteering as a board member for Junior League and the Culinary Council for Three Square Food Bank. You can find Lorraine reading by the pool or cooking international dinners for her husband Mitch and two dogs, Dexter and Mickey.
(Editor's note: Lorraine is no longer a member of our staff, but you can still enjoy their contributions here.)
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She’s known as the Wonder Woman of Cheese in Las Vegas.Diana Brier is an artisan cheese maker, affineur (one who ages cheese) and a cheese monger, so that… -
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The Las Vegas Raiders and Sandra Douglass Morgan made NFL history when she became the first Black female team president this past summer.She said she… -
Did you know that mixed race people represent the most significant shift in Nevada’s population? The number of Nevadans who identify as two or more races… -
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From a Las Vegas Filipina start-up to the old school icons, how do these professional chefs and restaurateurs feel about food culture authenticity?Where’s… -
The world’s largest beer festival kicked off in Munich for the first time since 2019. Oktoberfest is known for huge crowds, a lot of ale, and thousands of…
