RESTAURANT NEWS

Pairing cheese, wine topic of seminar

The next educational seminar by Slow Food -- Las Vegas, the first Nevada convivium of Slow Food USA, is scheduled from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday at Southern Wine and Spirits, 8400 S. Jones Blvd. The topic is pairing cheese and other dairy products with wine. It's $10 for Slow Food members, $20 for nonmembers. Advance reservations are required; call Bob Morris at 257-5509. For more information on Slow Food, visit www.slowfoodusa.org. ...

Wild Oak wines by St. Francis Winery will be featured in a dinner at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Smith & Wollensky, 3767 Las Vegas Blvd. South. With an entree of dry-aged sirloin, the five-course dinner is $100 inclusive. For reservations, call 862-4100. ...

A Quintessa Winemaker's Dinner is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday at the Medici Cafe and Terrace at the Ritz-Carlton, Lake Las Vegas. With an entree of rosemary-minted Colorado lamb chop, the five-course dinner is $180 per person, or $350 to include a bottle signed by the winemaker. For reservations, call 567-4600. ...

Chef Roy Yamaguchi's nine-city 20th-anniversary culinary tour will land in Las Vegas April 7 and 8. The Aloha Kitchen Challenge at 6:30 p.m. April 7 at Roy's Restaurant at 8701 W. Charleston Blvd. will pair three culinary students with chefs from Spago, Hachi and Rick's Cafe for a chance to win an internship with a Roy's chef. The five-course menu will include two courses by Roy's chef-partner and one entree from each competing team. It's $85. For reservations, call 838-3620.

And Roy's 20th Anniversary Culinary Tour Wine Dinner will have seatings from 5 to 9:30 p.m. April 8 at Roy's Restaurant at 620 E. Flamingo Road. The five-course dinner is $100 per person. For reservations, call 691-2053.

Send information to Heidi Knapp Rinella, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125-0070. You also can send faxes to 383-4676 or e-mail her at hrinella@reviewjournal.com.