Still Life with Bet On The Farm Fruit

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Molto grazie to Kerry Clasby and the Molto Mario/Bet On The Farm farmers’ market yesterday for their intrepid acts of  alimentary activism in keeping great fruits and veggies coming to Southern Nevada shoppers.

Everything was/is so tasty, pure, intense, and dare we say….different from almost every other raspberry, strawberry, tangerine or lemon you have ever tasted, the phrase “achingly-ripe” doesn’t begin to describe their hyper-deliciousness.

All of which causes ELV to ask: Why isn’t every high-end restaurant in town beating a path to this intuitive forager’s door?

Working Girls

ELV note: The article below appears in today’s edition of the Las Vegas Weekly. These tasty snaps were taken (mostly) at Le Cirque during my interview/dinner with Megan Romano (Aureole/Charlie Palmer Steak), Vita Shanley (Scarpetta/D.O.C.G.) and Dyan Ng (Restaurant Guy Savoy). That interview provided the basis for the piece, and since space constraints didn’t allow us to go into the meal itself…or how impressed the gals were with Philippe Angibeau’s spun sugar creations (and apple tarte and coconut sorbet and melting chocolate ball, and…and…), we thought we’d post them now for your salivation and delectation.

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By: John Curtas

Wed, Feb 9, 2011 (5:12 p.m.)

Las Vegas may have the greatest concentration of top pastry talent anywhere in America. Continue reading “Working Girls”