All-Star Cochon This Sunday!

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10 ACCLAIMED CHEFS. 4 BUTCHERS. 14 WHOLE HERITAGE PIGS.

COCHON 555 TEAMS UP WITH THE COSMOPOLITAN OF LAS VEGAS TO PRESENT THE FIRST-EVER ALL-STAR COCHON

July 24, 2011 at 4:30 pm

WHAT: The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas and Cochon 555, a national culinary competition promoting heritage breed pigs, will host the first-ever All-Star Cochon, a new pork-filled Las Vegas event.

The ten chefs – past winners and fan favorites – will work together to prepare a ‘snout-to-tail’ menu featuring heritage breed pigs sourced in their local markets. The event includes over forty swine infused dishes, four butcher demos, reserve wines, artisan cocktails, craft brews and pig-infused desserts. Special engagements include a tasting of Domaine Serene reserve wines paired with the coveted Spanish pork, Fermin Iberico de Bellota, Imported by Wagshal’s.

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Happy Bastille Day!

In honor of Bastille Day and Manon Patissierie and Bistro‘s being featured in today’s Las Vegas Weekly, we thought a few more tasty snaps from its pastry cases were in order:

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And if that isn’t enough to fill you with the spirit of Les Français…perhaps this will put you in the mood to chop the head off some aristocrat:

HAPPY BASTILLE DAY from ELV and his staff!