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Inside Carlito’s Burritos, the walls are decorated with colorful traditional Mexican artwork done by a local artist and all for sale. Dried red chili peppers are piled into thick bunches and strung up, hanging from the ceiling like tree branches.

Gotta Love Cheesecake began with the simple creations of a Michigan waitress named Helen Steel. Before she passed away in 2010, Steel shared her recipes with her daughter, Kathy Bastian, and granddaughter, Heidi Heath, who promised to carry out the dream she had of opening a small bakery.

Dining events and news from across the valley.

A new bake-it-yourself Girl Scout cookie oven heads to Wal-Mart, Target and Toys “R” Us stores this summer.

Dozens of barrels line the warehouse shelves of Grape Expectations in Henderson’s Booze District.

Since the Pota family took over Bambino’s East Coast Pizzeria, the valley’s East Coast transplants have been finding their way there, mostly by word of mouth.