PEPPERMILL on News 88.9 FM KNPR – Nevada Public Radio + Letter Of The Week

Click here to hear our review of the Peppermill last week, and then read on for a listener’s disagreement with same (sent to the restaurant and copied to Nevada Public Radio by the author).

All we can say is: ELV regrets his lack of appreciation for the resplendent decor:

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VEGAS UNCORK’D (Part Deux) – Thoughts, Reflections, and (even more) Tasty Snaps

PRIVATE TASTING WITH ALAIN DUCASSE @ miX

If you want to turn any chef, restaurateur, or foodie in the world green with envy, try telling them you just spent the afternoon tasting new dishes at miX atop Thehotel at THE Mandalay Bay with Alain Ducasse — the only chef in the world with twelve Michelin stars.

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ELV Admits Being An As*hole (in print!)…and other highbrow culinary insights

Last week, Mad Man Mancini (aka Al Mancini) — Official Friend Of ELV and restaurant critic for Las Vegas CityLife magazine — sat down with us (accompanied by a tape recorder) by the Mandalay Bay pool to discuss the impact Top Chef (currently filming in Las Vegas), has had on the quality of restaurants and cooking in America (and whether its show will be good for Las Vegas). Short answer: Yes indeedy

Click here to read a couple of critics talk about this (and other weighty matters affecting the televised culinary world) in the erudite, learned, incisive and philosophical tones for which they are known.