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Chef Portland

All-Star Cochon Chefs Imagine a World Without Pigs

On July 24, Brady Lowe culminated three years of pork-fueled Cochon 555 events with All-Star Cochon, which featured 11 past winners/fan favorites and four renowned butchers in The Cosmopolitan’s Chelsea Ballroom. I asked all...
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Bartender San Diego

Interview: bartender Johnny Rivera (The Tractor Room + Hash House A Go Go)

Johnny Rivera and Chef Andy Beardslee built a dedicated following with Hash House A Go Go, their Hillcrest comfort food emporium with Flintstones-sized portions, before opening The Tractor Room down the street in 2006,...
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French Food Las Vegas

Guy Savoy (Krug Room): Popping Bottles + Bites in Vegas

In 2009, one of my most intense eating weekends involved a Pac Man like tour of Caesars Palace, including a luxurious stop at the Bubble Bar at Restaurant Guy Savoy, one of the highest...
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Bartender Las Vegas

Interview: Modern Mixologist Tony Abou-Ganim

To call it a given that Tony Abou-Ganim would end up a professional bartender might be a little strong, but considering his lineage, it wasn’t exactly a long shot. He learned to bartend from...
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Food Drink Guide

2010 Best of Food GPS

2010 was an epic eating and drinking year that included trips to Charleston, SC (twice), Las Vegas, Mexico City, New York City, Palm Springs, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco (three times) and Santa Fe,...
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Meatballs Las Vegas

Cafe Martorano: Finding Italian Oasis in Las Vegas Carnival

While other bloggers were learning about tequila from Jacques Bezuidenhout at Mesa Grill, I opted to trudge across I-15 to the Rio to try and relive the red sauce Italian food of my New...
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