Hosted by Al Mancini (author of Eating Las Vegas, columnist for Luxury Las Vegas and Las Vegas CityLife), each episode sets out to bring fine dining to the masses and features guest chefs from Las Vegas’ most well-respected restaurants. Additionally, each episode will make it a point to help the viewer discover new ways to approach a wide variety of dining styles, options, and opportunities.
In this episode of Top of the Food Chain, after some debate about porn stars and casinos, Al and his guests Geno Bernardo of Nove Italiano and Kristin Sande of Valley Cheese & Wine give a master class in charcuterie (French term for cured meats) and salumi** (Italian term for same).
On this edition of Top of the Food Chain, rants about vegan food, Al uncovers Bono knows the difference between Irish and English, and we talk with Ri Ra's Paula and Junior about traditional Irish food and drink. ; [burp]
News flash - if you're drinking hot sake, you're drinking crap. In this episode of Top of the Food Chain, master sake sommelier Tiffany Soto explains, "cold not hot, sipped not shot, and if it's dropped in a beer, I'm calling security."
Welcome to the premiere edition of Top of the Food Chain ! For our first episode (which had the live chat fired up!), host Al Mancini and Vintner Grill’s Matt Silverman provide an outstanding introduction into wine and cheese pairing.