A Taste story on ice-cream sodas and floats? There is, after all, not much to the construction of a garden-variety, old-fashioned ice-cream soda. You take a glassful of seltzer, add a little chocolate syrup and a scoop of ice cream and you’re done. Or use cola with your ice cream if you’re in the mood for a float. Who needs a recipe?
Wine: Chateau Bel-Air
PIZZA LOUNGE, TIVOLI VILLAGE, 410 S. RAMPART BLVD.
Guy Fieri isn’t a native of Las Vegas (and no, he doesn’t play one on TV). He grew up in Ferndale, in Northern California, but considers the three years he spent at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in the late ’80s as among the most important in his life.
P Moss, owner of the Double Down Saloon punk-rock bar, was determined to save tiki culture in Las Vegas.
Connie Hollenbeck emailed a little while back in search of Lechonera brand sour orange juice. Beth More emailed to say she doesn’t know of a source, but could suggest using two parts orange juice to one part each of lemon and lime juice. More added that she uses this mixture to make roast pork for Cuban sandwiches. I’ve seen other recipes that suggest equal parts of orange and lime juices or two parts orange to one part lemon or lime; I suggest you experiment to find a ratio you like. …
Combining Mexican cuisine with a serious amount of funk.
Firefly on Paradise, which was closed by the Southern Nevada Health District after being linked to a salmonella outbreak that affected nearly 300 people, reopened Friday afternoon in a new location.
We don’t have to wait for Memorial Day to start grilling in Southern Nevada, where it’s grilling season all year — or at least 10 months out of the year, if December and January are a bit too chilly for most of us. But there’s something about this weekend as the traditional start of summer that will prompt backyard chefs across the valley to fire up their grills in celebration.
It’s not exactly earth-shattering news that we tend to struggle with the pronunciation of words of the culinary persuasion. The tomato/tomahto debate, after all, became part of the lore in 1937, when the Gershwins’ “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off” was introduced in the film “Shall We Dance.”
Grapes: Clairette (80 percent), roussane (20 percent)
