Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella. Price symbols are based on the cost of an average entree: $ = entrees less than $10; $$ = entrees between $10 and $20; $$$ = entrees between $20 and $30; and $$$$ = entrees more than $30.
You might think crispy fried shrimp and asparagus crispy tempura, on the same menu at the same restaurant, would be much the same. You might think it’s impossible (or at least improbable) that tofu could be lightly crispy on the outside and almost creamy (and most definitely not rubbery) on the inside. But if you were eating at Raku, you’d be mistaken on all counts.
There’s not much better on a hot summer day than a scoop of cold gelato, and since we’re having a lot of those now, it’s fitting that readers have several suggestions for Connie Hannon.
Southern Utah lures heat-weary Las Vegans like the ice cream man draws neighborhood kids on summer afternoons. Who wouldn’t welcome cool, pine-scented breezes, cold mountain streams and lakes, chilly nights under starry glitter and bracing mornings with the scent of wood smoke strong in the air? Utah’s beautiful high-forested plateaus offer respite from scorching temperatures as well as unequalled recreational opportunities within a half-day’s drive of Las Vegas.
It’s a mellow summer night with the family, watching the old MGM musical “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.” Gene Kelly breaks into this Irish jig and I break into a cold sweat.
A co-worker has been telling me for weeks now that I don’t write enough about things women like. But, really, if I had even the foggiest notion of what women like, I might not spend this much time in front of a TV.
Holly Madison is the first to agree, “It’s totally crazy the way fame works these days.”
Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella.
We’ve had a number of Brazilian steakhouses/churrascarias in Las Vegas over the years, and about the only thing most of them have had in common, besides a loose (some looser than others) interpretation of the concept, is that most have been in the tourism corridor.
It’s hard to say which is more predictable: Las Vegas summer heat or the afternoon shows that let you escape it.
We’ve had a relatively mild June so far — if a little uncharacteristically gloomy — but we don’t need summer’s official beginning last weekend to remind us that plenty of sizzling days are yet to come, and with them the need for refreshment. So it’s fitting that readers have a local source for an old favorite — Wyler’s Sugar-Free Lemonade Drink Mix, being sought by Julie and Don McCuiston.
Carmen Ruest laughs that the “Mystere” theater now seems familiar and almost cozy.
Despite what you might have heard, the sitcom isn’t dead.
Nevada’s scattered small towns observe the national birthday on July 4 in ways that reflect their individual heritage, yet incorporate activities traditional across the country.
