Genevie Durano
Story Archive
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Taste
From his memoir to his Las Vegas restaurants, chef David Chang’s rise has been unique
Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020 He recently published ‘Eat a Peach,’ a coming-of-age story chronicling his culinary climb—from a humble noodle bar to a global empire spanning 15 restaurants, along with a podcast and hit Netflix shows.
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Taste
BB.Q brings Korean fried chicken to Chinatown
Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020 Start with the Golden Original—trimmed, battered and fried to an unbelievable crisp—or kick it up with the Secret Spicy.
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A&E
Second Helping Podcast: Football Food
Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020 We’re checking in with Colin Fukunaga to find out how his Vegas-born burger shop found its way into Allegiant Stadium.
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Dining
DW Bistro's Chef Series features Bruce Kalman and Soul Belly BBQ
Friday, Oct. 2, 2020 The southwest eatery is having a smoke-out this weekend with barbecue favorites.
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A&E
#PaintNevadaPink promotes breast cancer awareness month
Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020 Buildings across the city will turn pink, including UMC, Dignity Health, City Hall, T-Mobile Arena and the Cosmopolitan.
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Taste
Sickies Garage serves up 50 burgers and lots more
Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020 The High Roller is as ballin’ as they come—one pound of Angus beef stacked with pepper jack cheese, fried jalapeños, fried pickles and peppered bacon, on three layers of Texas toast.
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Taste
Marc Vetri’s Osteria Fiorella brings iconic Italian food to Red Rock Resort
Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020 The restaurant’s concept is an extension of a pasta bar the chef opened in Philadelphia’s Italian Market in February.
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Taste
The Cosmo’s retooled Wicked Spoon helps the Vegas buffet fight off extinction
Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020 Attendants now serve individually plated items to guests from behind a velvet rope, and diners take the plates back to the table to eat to their hearts’ content—or at least within a two-hour time limit.
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News
Purls of wisdom: These textile arts can do wonders for your mood
Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020 It’s been a long year cooped up indoors. Why not learn a new hobby that doesn’t involve burning your retinas with blue light?
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Taste
These local chefs’ recipes will help you ‘homegate’ this NFL season
Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020 Just because we can’t watch the Raiders in person doesn’t mean we can’t take part in the time-honored tradition of tailgating.
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A&E
Second Helping Podcast: Donuts Rule
Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020 Do you prefer cake or yeast donuts? Should we spell it donuts or doughnuts?
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A&E
Calming colors: The palette of your living space might be affecting your mood
Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020 “The color is going to make you feel better. When you walk into this space, it’s going to feed you good energy.”
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Taste
Cool Las Vegas Valley treats to get you through the dog days of summer
Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020 Where to find Dole Whip cocktails, fish-shaped waffle cones and more.
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Features
Can students replace the social aspects of in-person school?
Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020 For Henderson mom Alexa Sullivan, telling her 6-year-old son and 3-year-old daughter why they can’t be with their friends freely is an emotional undertaking.
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Features
How can we maximize children’s chances for remote-learning success?
Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020 Tips for scheduling, dedicated work stations and more.
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Noise
Get to know Bruce Kalman, the Valley’s newest chef to watch
Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020 For now, he’s whetting our appetite with a cook-at-home series through Secret Burger. And he has a restaurant concept in mind: barbecue.
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A&E
Second Helping Podcast: Finding the right ingredients
Monday, Aug. 17, 2020 We're also taking you along on our summer vacation getaways and sharing all the food and drinks we enjoyed.
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News
Stretching out: A beginner's guide to 10 essential yoga poses
Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020 Yoga is a practice dating back thousands of years, first as an oral tradition from teachers to students, then collated into the Yoga Sutra, a 2,000-year-old treatise on yogic philosophy.
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Taste
Bugsy & Meyer’s Steakhouse at the Flamingo pays homage to Las Vegas’ past
Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020 The carnivorous delights are abundant—like rib-eyes, a wagyu rib cap and a majestic 32-ounce tomahawk—and the other half of the menu boasts seafood flown in daily.
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Taste
Mexico’s Casa Dragones helps usher tequila into the modern age
Thursday, July 30, 2020 The producer has brought to market three styles of tequila: Casa Dragones Blanco, Casa Dragones Joven and the recently debuted Casa Dragones’ “blue label” Añejo Barrel Blend.
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Taste
Cheesemonger Diana Brier brings a wealth of knowledge to Valley Cheese & Wine
Thursday, July 23, 2020 She’s one of only 45 people in the U.S. to hold a Cheese Sensory Evaluator certificate from the American Cheese Society.
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A&E
José Andrés’ shares his restaurants’ new protocols and tasting menus
Thursday, July 23, 2020 Bazaar Meat, China Poblano and Jaleo all have different concepts, but they all share the chef’s flair for culinary innovation.
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News
Stay flexible: Break up your workday with these smart stretches
Saturday, July 18, 2020 We all know sitting for long periods of time can be detrimental to our physical health. Muscle tissue begins to shorten, starting with the hamstrings, which then pulls on the lower back. When the lower back starts to tighten, it pulls on the upper back, then the neck. It’s a chain reaction that can cause physical discomfort.
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Features
COVID-19 survivor Marie*, emergency room tech
Thursday, July 16, 2020 “I’m not gonna lie, when they told me that I was positive, I was kind of scared, because I didn’t know what was gonna happen.”
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Taste
Three of our favorite Las Vegas patio-dining experiences
Thursday, July 9, 2020 In these uncertain times, it’s the best option for socializing during a meal, health experts say.
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Features
Go al fresco: Dining outdoors can provide a safer form of escape
Thursday, July 9, 2020 Las Vegans who love to dine out are a fortunate bunch. There are ample outdoor spaces all across the Valley, with restaurateurs and chefs who are going above and beyond implementing sanitation protocols.
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A&E
Second Helping Podcast: Our favorite Vegas burgers
Thursday, July 2, 2020 We’re debating Shake Shack versus In-N-Out and fancy versus simple.
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Features
Whether you’re staying home or going out, make July 4 fun for the kids
Thursday, July 2, 2020 No kid will turn down a water balloon fight.
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A&E
The coolest cookout: We asked Vegas chefs what they eat on Independence Day
Thursday, July 2, 2020 They shared recipes for stellar tri tip, potato salad, cornbread and more.
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News
How to spot — and help remedy — increased alcohol consumption during the pandemic
Saturday, June 27, 2020 It’s been a long three months since the start of the pandemic, and we are by no means out of the woods. Social isolation, economic insecurity and health concerns make for a perfect storm of stressors that many of us are experiencing right now. If you’ve been living with ...
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News
Instilling good food habits can help kids live happy, healthy lives
Saturday, June 20, 2020 Nutrition shouldn’t be a fraught topic to discuss with your children. Summer is here, and without the distraction of school, it’s the perfect time to teach them about healthful eating.
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Dining
Where to treat Dad on Father’s Day
Thursday, June 18, 2020 Restaurants across the Valley have special menus cooked up just for Dad.
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A&E
Summer sipping: Cocktail maestro Tony Abou-Ganim levels up your cocktail game
Thursday, June 18, 2020 “When crafting a great cocktail, the love you put into that is the secret ingredient. It makes it more of an experience to share.”
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A&E
Las Vegas restaurants have reopened, with new protocols, challenges and dishes to love
Thursday, June 11, 2020 These are early days of a new dining paradigm, and we’re all slowly figuring out how we fit into it.
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Taste
From smoothies to ice cream, these refreshing treats are made for summer
Thursday, June 11, 2020 The best part? You can make all of them at home. Here’s how ...
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A&E
Second Helping Podcast: Staying Social and Telling Food Stories
Wednesday, June 10, 2020 We’re trading notes with the dynamic duo behind one of the most fascinating food pods in Vegas or anywhere else.
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Taste
For Fallon’s Frey Ranch family, bourbon flows from the ground
Thursday, June 4, 2020 Having control of the ingredients—down to malting the barley, which helps with the fermentation process—is paramount for quality control.
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News
Adopting a 'flexitarian' lifestyle can improve your health—and the Earth’s
Saturday, May 30, 2020 If you’ve been out lately, you may have noticed limits on meat purchases in grocery stores and upcharges on meat-based dishes at some restaurants. COVID-19 cases in meat-processing plants have caused shortages and disruptions along the meat supply chain, with no clear resolution in sight. So if you’ve ever considered adopting a more plant-based diet, there’s no better time to start.
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Taste
Know your dough: Baking can bring calm and deliciousness into your home
Thursday, May 28, 2020 Over the past three months, my kitchen has become a timekeeper of sorts: I’ve marked the weeks with sourdough loaves, cinnamon rolls, bagels, sliced bread and pancakes.
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News
Tending to a garden can have benefits beyond the food it provides
Sunday, May 24, 2020 Research has shown that spending time outdoors can be beneficial for our mental health, and in this time of social isolation, we can turn our backyards into green space sanctuaries.
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A&E
Tricky timing: The pandemic has presented an extra test for these new Las Vegas restaurants
Thursday, May 21, 2020 “It’s not easy to get the word out right now, but we’ve been incredibly humbled by the outpouring of support we’ve already received.”
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News
Practicing gratitude: Giving thanks for what you have can help now more than ever
Saturday, May 16, 2020 This pandemic, with its attendant stresses—both the immediate kind, resulting from economic hardship and social isolation, and the long-term uncertainty of the ravages of the virus—might not inspire a reflexive sense of gratitude. But in fact, giving thanks is a practice we should engage in daily, regardless of what’s happening around us and to us.
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Taste
The reopening of Vegas eateries poses new challenges for local restaurateurs
Thursday, May 14, 2020 There are many guidelines put in place by the Southern Nevada Health District, including a 50 percent reduction in seating capacity, masks for employees and rigorous sanitation protocols.
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News
The information diet: Can absorbing too much news negatively affect your health?
Saturday, May 9, 2020 Just how much news is too much? According to Dr. Katherine Hertlein, a professor in UNLV’s Couple and Family Therapy program, you’ve reached that threshold when you notice increased agitation in response to the exposure and when others comment on your mood.
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Features
Shaking the System: Could the coronavirus alter American education beyond the near future?
Thursday, May 7, 2020 Challenging as these uncertain times might feel, they also present opportunities to face an unprecedented, historical challenge to education’s norms head-on.
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Features
Advice from homeschooling parents, plus home-tested resources
Thursday, May 7, 2020 One of the advantages of homeschooling is students’ flexibility in choosing what interests them. The shutdown could be an opportunity to break away from a rigid structure.
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A&E
Where to pick up memorable Mother’s Day meals
Thursday, May 7, 2020 From a brunch from Marché Bacchus to a North Italia dinner.
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A&E
Second Helping Podcast: Being the best home cooks we can be
Wednesday, May 6, 2020 This month's episode is all about cooking at home with help from local chefs James Trees and Jamaal Taherzadeh.
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News
Keeping tight control of your space can improve your mental well-being
Friday, May 1, 2020 These days, when we have so little control of the world around us, one thing we can control is the inside of our homes. Clutter can have a negative impact on our mental well-being, and now that we’re sheltering in place, it’s even more essential to rein in the chaos.
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A&E
Taking a Netflix tour of the Las Vegas Strip’s culinary scene
Thursday, April 30, 2020 Roy Choi on ‘The Chef Show,’ David Chang on ‘Ugly Delicious,’ Christina Tosi on ‘Chef’s Table’ and more.