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Click here to hear this morning’s Food Talk on News 88.9 FM – KNPR Nevada Public Radio, wherein Slapsie Maxie and moi interrogate, illuminate, eviscerate, hypothecate and pontificate about various subjects in today’s food and restaurant world.

Today’s topics included:

An interview with uber-restaurant writer John Mariani on his recent trip to Las Vegas;

Local bloggers Mike Dobranski and Jillian Plaster on what, why, how and when they blog about Vegas’ restaurants;

Max and my Top Five Wine Peeves; and

EAT IT OR BEAT IT, where we cross swords over:

Lola’s,

Nero’s Steakhouse, and

El Segundo Sol.