How chefs adapt, the best eating in Las Vegas, a Cake Boss dessert crawl, Beyond Meat struggles, plus, why Gordon Ramsay is jealous of 'The Bear's' Carmy. And is it OK to pick fruit from someone else's tree? I'm Laurie Ochoa, general manager of L.A. Times Food, with this week's Tasting Notes.
Back then, the all-you-can-eat buffet was king; today, the buffet is just part of a huge spectrum of dining choices for Vegas visitors. Restaurant critic Bill Addison and many others credit Wolfgang Puck with sparking the star chef era in Las Vegas when he opened his second Spago in 1992 at the Forum Shops at Caesars.