Cocktail demo: The Whiskey Business
 
Cocktail demo: The Whiskey Business

A nice, easy tasting cocktail for a beginner whiskey drinker (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Edible lace adds delicious decor to baked goods
 
Edible lace adds delicious decor to baked goods

Sun Keeler, owner of Food Deco Art, produces vegan, gluten-free edible lace in numerous designs and colors (even chocolate), which add elegant embellishment to the plainest cakes. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Now Serving: Jumbo Pretzel Board
 
Now Serving: Jumbo Pretzel Board

A nice twist on the classic bread board, served at Topgolf. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Editable lace adds delicious edge to baked goods
 
Editable lace adds delicious edge to baked goods

Sun Keeler, owner of Food Deco Art, produces vegan, gluten-free edible lace in numerous designs and colors (even chocolate), which add elegant embellishment to the plainest cakes. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Cocktail demo: The Dill Weed
 
Cocktail demo: The Dill Weed

A lighter, more brunch like version of the classic Bloody Mary. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Country singer recounts saving lives at shooting
 
Country singer recounts saving lives at shooting

Bryan Hopkins, lead singer for the country band Elvis Monroe, survived the mass shooting on Oct. 1 and led people to safety that night. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Cocktail demo: The Smashing Pumpkin
 
Cocktail demo: The Smashing Pumpkin

The taste of pumpkin pie, if pumpkin pie were a cocktail. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Family seeks to sue MGM following deadly shooting
 
Family seeks to sue MGM following deadly shooting

Paige Gasper, one of the first people to be injured from last Sunday’s deadly mass shooting, is looking to sue MGM. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Cosmo rooms upgrade in luxury
 
Cosmo rooms upgrade in luxury

Rooms at the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas received a major upgrade in terms of luxuriousness. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Street marquees go dark on Las Vegas Strip
 
Street marquees go dark on Las Vegas Strip

To honor the 58 people killed at the Route 91 Harvest festival, the street marquees along Las Vegas Boulevard went dark for 11 minutes. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Healing through celebration service after deadly shooting
 
Healing through celebration service after deadly shooting

Members of the First African-Methodist Episcopal Church came together Sunday to celebrate life and honor the victims of last Sunday’s deadly mass shooting that killed 58 people. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

A litany against violence
 
A litany against violence

Rev. Barry Vaughn, with the Christ Church Episcopal, gave a litany against gun violence in the wake of the mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip that took the lives of 58 people. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

How Paddock’s anti-anxiety meds work
 
How Paddock’s anti-anxiety meds work

Chief Medical Officer of the Las Vegas Recovery Center, Dr. Mel Pohl, sits down with the Review-Journal to describe the side effects of an anti-anxiety medication called diazepam. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Shadow Ridge at Cimarron-Memorial highlights
 
Shadow Ridge at Cimarron-Memorial highlights

Highlights from the Shadow Ridge at Cimarron-Memorial football game Thursday night. Shadow Ridge won with a score of 59-20. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Media briefing on UMC OIS
 
Media briefing on UMC OIS

Assistant Sheriff Todd Fasulo of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department briefs the media on the UMC officer involved shooting that occurred Sep. 25th. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Now serving: Buffalo frog legs
 
Now serving: Buffalo frog legs

A twist on the classic buffalo chicken wing. This dish is served at Sonoma Cellar at Sunset Station in Henderson. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Arbor View at Shadow Ridge
 
Arbor View at Shadow Ridge

Highlights from Arbor View at Shadow Ridge on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Spirit Airline pilots protest outside McCarran
 
Spirit Airline pilots protest outside McCarran

Off-duty pilots from Spirit Airlines picketed outside McCarran International Airport as a measure to urge management to resume labor contract negotiations. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Rolling Stones exhibit touring in Las Vegas
 
Rolling Stones exhibit touring in Las Vegas

The Rolling Stones’ first ever major exhibition, Exhibitionism, will be featured at the Palazzo hotel-casino starting September 23, 2017, through January 31, 2018. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Canyon Springs at Basic
 
Canyon Springs at Basic

Highlights from Basic High School’s homecoming game against Canyon Springs. After the game, a fight broke out on the field. CCSD police used pepper spray on several of the players. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

The ban on commercial reptiles
 
The ban on commercial reptiles

Nevada Department of Wildlife officials are considering a ban or restrictions of commercial reptile collecting in the state. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Canelo and GGG press conference highlights
 
Canelo and GGG press conference highlights

The final press conference for Canelo and GGG at the David Copperfield Theater, located inside the MGM Grand. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

The arrivals Canelo and GGG
 
The arrivals Canelo and GGG

Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Gennady “GGG” Golovkin made their grand arrivals at the MGM Grand lobby Tuesday afternoon. Canelo and GGG will face off Saturday night. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Cocktail demo: The White Rabbit
 
Cocktail demo: The White Rabbit

The trick this signature cocktail performs is making the blood-red color of a negroni disappear, thanks to Luxardo’s clear bitters in place of Campari. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)