Alan Richman Strikes a Blow for Benno

ELV note: This Friday morning, on KNPR 88.9 FM – Nevada Public Radio, we interview Alan Richman about everything from ethical eating, to how to order wine for the table in a restaurant, to his running feud with Anthony Bourdain. Here’s a delectable dose of him interviewing and tasting the food of acclaimed New York chef Jonathan Benno of Lincoln, an upscale Italian eatery soon to open in Lincoln Center in New York City (as opposed to the Lincoln Center in Butte, Montana).

And just why do you put a bay leaf in anything anyway?

David Ross Reviews TABLEAU

ELV note: For some reason known only to computer-literate brains larger than ours, David Ross’s tasty snaps appear when we first post them, then disappear. If you’re able to see them, mores the better. If you can’t, our staff apologizes.

TABLEAU by David Ross

Last Thursday, I was in Las Vegas for the 2010 Epicurean Affair. (You can read my report here). I made it a long weekend and one of the restaurants I visited while I was in town was Tableau at the Wynn for lunch on Friday afternoon.

Finding a fine-dining restaurant open for lunch on the Strip has always been a challenge in Las Vegas and the continuing woes of the local economy has only added to that problem. Rooms that were once open at noon are now dark. One is hard-pressed to win a bet on the ultimate trifecta-lunch, high-quality cooking and a quiet respite from the throngs of tourists, gamblers and conventioneers to find a decent mid-day meal. After lunch at Tableau with a friend who lives in Las Vegas, I would venture to say we won the bet.

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America’s Best Premiers Next Week on Food Network

ELV note: America’s Best hits the airwaves and ether next Monday night and will broadcast each of its four episodes, in succession, on the following three evenings.”Why,” you are asking yourself right about now, “is ELV taking such a keen interest in a Food Network premier?” Well, it just so happens that the World’s Greatest Restaurant Critic* will be featured among the many talking heads/food writers/gourmands/chefs/mixologists/raconteurs who will be weighing in on everything from what makes a perfect steak, to where you can find the best comfort food in America.

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