Sitting on the mist-cooled patio of the Daniel Boulud Brasserie in the Wynn is probably one of the most convivial places in town to have dinner — even on a hot August night. The vibe is always one of energy and appreciation for the fine food and wine flowing all around you, and it always feels like one big party to us. We could do without the stupid light and music show that intrudes for five minutes out of every thirty, but the rubes and high rollers alike seem to love its music-meets-multi-media vibe, so we swallow hard and wait for the annoyance to pass.
LOS MOLCAJETES on News 88.9 FM KNPR – Nevada Public Radio
KNPR’s Food For Thought features our new favorite Mexican restaurant this week. Click here to hear us butcher the Spanish language whilst we praise Los Molcajetes for its authentic and incendiary cuisine. Because of ELV’s love of Univision and Telemundo (especially their soap operas….and especially the women on those soap operas), the staff at ELV tends to excuse his fractured accents and inartful attempts at their language.
And we hear Rachel Ray will judge the next Bocuse d’Or…
Emeril Gets 10-Book Deal From HarperCollins (Crain’s New York Business)
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc., which owns the rights to the Emeril Lagasse franchise of books, television shows, and kitchen products, on Thursday announced a 10-book deal between the celebrity chef and publisher HarperCollins. Under the multi-year agreement, Mr. Lagasse is set to release his first book — with a focus on indoor and outdoor grilling — in May 2009. NYP: Said MSLO chairman Charles Koppelman, “I think it will generate a boatload of money.”