Oh, how we love those nostalgic tastes of our youth. I can remember Mrs. Grass’ Chicken Noodle Soup — in a box — from when I was a kid.
Food
Pizza Rock, from 11-time World Pizza Champion Tony Gemignani, opened downtown last month, offering (besides pizza) calzones, stromboli, pasta dishes, antipasti and salads, much of it made in one of Pizza Rock’s four ovens.
Crawford Family Pinot Noir is a deeply opaque garnet-red color with a dense blackish-red core going out into a fine vermillion to pinkish rim definition with medium-high viscosity.
Thursday is Thanksgiving, so get ready for a fridge full of leftovers. But even chefs have leftovers, and their expertise will give you some new things to try this year.
Turkey day shoppers can take solace knowing this year’s Thanksgiving meal will cost a little less than last year.
Gotta love that Kona coffee, which has a rich, full-bodied flavor stemming from its growing conditions on the Big Island of Hawaii. Unfortunately, Kona’s pretty pricey — among the most expensive coffees in the world — so I wasn’t surprised when Taste of the Town regular Jim Guynup emailed in search of a source for it “at a reasonable price.” I’m not sure what’s reasonable — that’s open to wide interpretation — but readers have a few local sources.
MTO — for Made To Order — opened in October at 500 S. Main St., on the ground floor of the city parking garage, across from City Hall.
Here’s a reminder that you can win $100 if your original gingerbread house impresses Review-Journal judges.
For those who are newbies in the kitchen and will prepare their first Thanksgiving turkey next week, here’s a bit of advice: Do not fear the bird.
Peanutty specialties: Better Nutters, The King, Fluffer Nutter, Fat Elvis French Toast and Peanut Butter & Jelly.
Ah, the vagaries of the corporate world and the still-struggling economy. It appears, as reader Rob Lindley pointed out, that the Home Pride bread that Dennis Hughes was seeking had temporarily disappeared from supermarket shelves because of the financial problems of parent company Hostess, but has since been bought by Flowers Foods.
Construction’s on the upswing in Las Vegas, so why not extend the trend to your own kitchen?
Wild is from Miki Agrawal, who at 25 — and with no restaurant experience — opened the first Wild in New York City in 2005. Agrawal met Zappos magnate/downtown redevelopment czar Tony Hsieh at an entrepreneurial summit in 2011, and Hseih’s Downtown Project helped to fund the Las Vegas Wild.
Glori Spriggs of Henderson won $1 million in the 46th Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest on Monday. And it was, it seems, the culmination of an it-takes-a-village effort.
