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Hot Hostess Watch – Brandy at FLEUR

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Brandy would like everyone to know that Fleur is now open for business in the Mandalay Bay.

And that she makes a great hot toddy.

Or is it that brandy makes a great hot toddy? Or that toddies are best with Brandy?

Or that toddies are best with hotties?

ELV is confused…

…about everything but the fact that she-who-is-named-after-a-spirit-made-by-distilling-wine-grapes, is another in a long line of highly professional hostesses in super-chef Hubert Keller’s restaurants, and that HK, one of our favorite chefs in da woild, is coming to town tonight to greet his fans and supervise the re-opening of this beautiful space.

FLEUR

In the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino

3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South

Las Vegas, NV 89119

702.632.9400

An Italian Lesson At LUPO

The trouble with eating Italian food is that five or six days later you’re hungry again. – George Miller

The above cliche is based upon the bad, cheap, fat-laden Italian food that continues to enthrall the American middle class (see Olive Garden, Maggiano’s, Macaroni Grill et al). It’s too bad though, because true Italian food, like Japanese, is about ingredients (or good groceries, as Alan Richman says) more than technique. For pirouettes on the plate, one usually looks to China or France, but for pristine ingredients that shine with only a minor flourish or two, you can’t beat a purist Italian meal prepared by a great chef.

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