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Large-curd cottage cheese spotted

Large-curd cottage cheese: Seems like such a simple thing. But after a request from Chuck Neverovich appeared in this column, Lois Kupec e-mailed that she searched for it for a few years before finding the house Great Value brand at Wal-Mart Supercenters and Wal-Mart Neighborhood Markets.

Madame making return to Vegas

Some of the new stars of the Strip are Achmed the Dead Terrorist and Winston the Impersonating Turtle. It seems only fitting for Madame to stage a comeback.

Death Valley ’49ers Ecampment celebrates area’s past

Death Valley National Park welcomes the 60th annual Death Valley ’49ers Encampment Nov. 4-8. During the park’s most popular special event, thousands of participants fill Death Valley campgrounds, hotels and resorts, spilling over into nearby desert towns.

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Company Kitchen and Pub House

Think of Company Kitchen and Pub House as a white zinfandel of restaurants.

HEIDI’S PICKS

Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella.

Three divas return to spotlight

Three of Las Vegas’ more storied divas are back to work. And who knows? Maybe they could all work together.

Plenty of places to buy lemon curd

Lemon curd — that oh-so-tart, slightly sweet English import — is phenomenal when it’s homemade. It’s also kind of a lot of trouble, so it’s fortuitous that readers have found local sources of it for Coleen Norburn.

Beatty Days draws visitors for three days of fun and games

The last week in October remains special for Nevadans as they observe 145 years of statehood in various ways. Official celebration of the state’s birthday centers annually in Carson City, but other cities in Nevada plan special events as well.

HEIDI’S PICKS

Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella.

Off the Strip

One of my regular readers told me a few months ago that he’d had meatloaf, really good meatloaf, at a newish off-the-Strip restaurant called — wait for it — Off the Strip, and although the restaurant was kinda upscale, the meatloaf was just $10.

Frank Caliendo

John Madden has been very good to Frank Caliendo. Except that Madden doesn’t seem to much care for him.

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