| Chefs reunite, prepare dishes at Capistrano's
Orlando Rogers is executive chief at Capistrano's Restaurant and Bar in downtown Bakersfield, and has reunited with a few chef friends. The hookup was to cook-up a special menu for the restaurant, and has been a longtime coming. Rogers said they all went to culinary school in Las Vegas together, but has known a few of them since junior high school. “We still keep in touch," Rogers said. The culinary quartet cooked up dishes like BLT stuffed tomatoes, cilantro pasta with shrimp, and apple pie shortcake. Friday night is the last night the dishes will be served. .
Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Reaches Milestone with 1,100 Graduates Since 2003
In the land of the all-you-can eat-buffet, Las Vegas Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts celebrates 1,100 graduates since the school's opening in 2003. Las Vegas, NV (Vocus/PRWEB ) August 28, 2007 -- The association of Las Vegas with Le Cordon Bleu, a prestigious culinary arts institute with Parisian roots dating to 1895, may seem odd at first glance. But as the city has evolved into one of the country's top five dining destinations – as named by Bon Appetit in 2006 - its need for highly skilled culinary individuals has exploded. Enter Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts - Las Vegas, which opened its doors in July 2003 in the suburban master-planned community of Summerlin – approximately 12 miles from the Las Vegas Strip. The school, housed in a 60,000-square-foot industry-current facility that features 10 demonstration kitchens, has already graduated more than 1,100 students and boasts a current enrollment of more than 700.
NLV pushes too hard as it tries to pull itself up
Call it a brilliant effort to get the Clark County School District to help pay for the cost of neighborhood development. Or call it short-sighted and stubborn. In either case, North Las Vegans have lost the opportunity for a $70 million magnet high school to be built in their city. It will be built, instead, 19 miles away in Summerlin. That's what the School District has decided after getting the cold shoulder from North Las Vegas on its plans to build a top-shelf high school in the city, which would have seemed to have welcomed with open arms the chance to host the magnet school. You want us to do what? the School District asked. You want us to put in roads before we can build a new school? Sorry buddy. That's not our job.
Unions rebound as GOP falters
The lowest moment for the modern American labor movement came after the 2004 election. Unions spent more than $85million trying to beat President Bush, money spent and gone forever, not to be used for future campaigns or organizing drives. The loss left unions facing another four years of hostile labor regulators and anti-union policies, as well as the relentless effects of globalization on American workers. "No one woke up the day after the election and didn't feel like they shouldn't go back to sleep for a few years," said Andy Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union. "We knew there was nothing good on the horizon." After the election, unions also faced an internal fissure, with the SEIU and its 1.8 million members, as well as six other major unions, splitting from the AFL-CIO.
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