Author: John Curtas

ELV Returns With Euro Trip Tips!

Yes, Horst Weinerschnitzel and Little Frenchie are baaaaaaack — with recharged batteries and re-calibrated palates.

We thank a series of great hotels for the former and France and Germany for the latter.

Unlike the crazy kids in this (raunchy, funny, underrated) movie:

<b>Eurotrip</b> Poster Artwork – Scott Mechlowicz, Jacob Pitts, Michelle ...

….ELV and The Food Gal® didn’t encounter any soccer hooligans,  gratuitous nudity or Dutch S&M brothels.

What we did encounter was a different Europe than the one we last visited seven years ago, with a much stronger dollar and 21st Century electronics making things both easier and more interesting.

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ELV Bids Auf Weidersehen and Adieu for Two Weeks – Epicures Weep/Chefs Rejoice

ELV — the man, the myth, the inveterate world traveler — would like to inform his loyal readers that he will be on a leave of absence from the Eating Las Vegas offices for the next 15 days starting today, as he dines and drinks himself silly in the Mosel and Rheingau regions of Germany… Continue reading “ELV Bids Auf Weidersehen and Adieu for Two Weeks – Epicures Weep/Chefs Rejoice”

Bemoaning BOB TAYLOR’S RANCH HOUSE

In all the world there is nothing that someone cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and those who consider price alone are this man’s lawful prey. – John Ruskin

Back in the day there was a  flashing blue light.

Back then, Bob Taylor’s Ranch House was a pip of a place, and gave the term “adventures in eating” a whole new meaning.

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