LAS VEGAS— Restaurant Guy Savoy in Las Vegas' Caesars Palace is getting in on the white truffle game with a $420 white truffle tasting menu. The seven-courser features dishes like a white truffle risotto, "brie white Truffle," and closing courses simply named "apple" and "black." [Caesars via @ElizabethOnFood]
BARBADOS— Tickets are still available to the fourth-annual Barbados Food & Wine and Rum Festival, which will celebrate the cuisine of the Caribbean island from November 22 to 25. Chefs like Marcus Samuelsson, Jose Garces, and Anne Burrell are among those leading cooking demonstrations or preparing special one-off dinners. Tickets are available a la carte for events like an "Indulgence Cruise" aboard a luxury catamaran or the FWR Festival, promising a "late night at the beach house" until 3a.m. [EaterWire]
MOSCOW— Nobu chef Nobuyuki Matsuhisa is among the celebrity judges for this year's Miss Universe pageant, taking place this Saturday, November 9 in Moscow. Matsuhisa joins the likes of Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, Olympic medalist Tara Lipinski, and TV person Carol Alt on the judging panel. [Broadway World]