Nicole Brisson is grocery shopping on the Las Vegas Strip. The executive chef of Eataly Las Vegas, she's collecting ingredients as she moves around the sprawling new complex, which opened Dec. 27 at the Park MGM. First a stop at La Salumeria to pick up a selection of Italian cheeses and paper-thin strips of prosciutto and mortadella.

Then a trip to the market for basics: Sardinian canned tomatoes; bucatini by Premiato Pastificio Afeltra, which has been making pasta since 1848; and Ligurian olive oil, pressed by a company so obsessed with quality, they include the GPS location of the olive trees in some of their pressings. Grocery shopping complete, Brisson brings her basket of goodies to a tiny open kitchen with a handful of seats at the center of the store and market.