My Table magazine

From soup to souffle, My Table covers local food and wine via a highly specialized magazine devoted to the pleasures of dining out in the greater Houston area.

Each issue offers readers the most complete information on the restaurants, chefs, shops, foods, trends, caterers, festivals and personalities that make up the city’s lively culinary scene.

Need more reasons to read My Table? Come on in!

Teresa Byrne-Dodge, editor & publisher
Teresa Byrne-Dodge
editor & publisher

What’s new

Finalists Are Announced for the 2009 Houston Culinary Awards

Save the date! My Table magazine’s 2009 Houston Culinary Awards will be held on Sunday, October 4. But before that can happen, we need your vote. Here are the finalists. Online voting will begin August 1 and run through August 31. So get out there and try these restaurants!

Dining in the Recession

An ongoing and frequently updated list of local restaurants and their various incentives for eating out during lean times. Restaurateurs—send us news of your new lower-priced menu items.

Go Texan Is Looking for Event Participants

The Texas Department of Agriculture is looking for chefs and restaurateurs to participate in the second annual GO TEXAN Restaurant Round-up.

Calling All Prince’s Fans

Share Your Memories of Dining at Prince’s Hamburgers

News from the 2009 National Restaurant Association Show

Local culinarian Virginia Mampre, of Mampre Media International, attended the recent National Restaurant Association show in Chicago. Here is her report.

Index to Our First 90 Issues

We often receive calls from people who are trying to track down an article they remember reading in My Table magazine. In order to help, we have posted an index to our first 90 Issues.

Outstanding in the Field Announces 2009 Schedule

Two Houston-area Outstanding in the Field events—group dinners that, literally, are held in a field—are on the 2009 schedule.

Big News from the Brennan’s Folks

Brennan’s is coming back—and bringing two new siblings with it.

The Omnivore’s One Hundred

Here’s a list of various foods that every good omnivore should try at least once in his or her life. It includes fine foods, strange foods, everyday foods and even some pretty bad foods – but a good omnivore should really try them all.

Advertising in My Table Magazine

My Table is a different kind of lifestyle publication. Personal, quirky and very specialized. It’s more relevant. More useful. Neither a supermarket freebie nor a “controlled circulation” publication, My Table magazine is available only by paid subscription and for sale at better retail outlets. Want to bring My Table readers to your table? Our ad rates are the lowest in town.

The Ultimate Food Lover’s Guide to Houston

The Ultimate Food Lover's Guide to Houston Lazywood Press, the parent company of My Table magazine, is pleased to present The Ultimate Food Lover’s Guide To Houston, which was released on August 18, 2008. With more than 550 listings—they cover restaurants, ethnic markets, bakeries, wine bars, butchers, coffeehouses, tea rooms, pubs, farmers’ markets and much more—plus dozens of sidebars and recommendations, this is the most complete foodie guidebook ever published in Houston.

Where is My Table magazine sold?

Having trouble finding a copy of My Table on your local newsstand? We’re sympathetic, and we’re working hard to increase our distribution across the city. Here are some of the places where you can find My Table for sale.

Winners Announced at the 24th Annual Caesar Salad Competition

Houston-area chefs were tearing up the lettuce on Friday, October 10, at the 24th Annual Caesar Salad Competition, held at the Doubletree Hotel Allen Center in downtown Houston. The event was sponsored by the Houston Food & Beverage Managers Association and My Table magazine. Proceeds benefit the Food & Beverage Managers’ Educational Endowment.

Winners Announced at the 2008 Houston Culinary Awards

Houston’s culinary stars gathered at Glass Wall in The Heights on Sunday, October 5, for My Table magazine’s 12th Annual Awards for Culinary Excellence in Houston.

Noteworthy Openings
Excerpt from My Table #91

These are recent openings as reported in our June-July 2009 issue.

Noteworthy Closings
Excerpt from My Table #91

These are recent closings as reported in our June-July 2009 issue.

Editor’s Letter—Our Quinceanera
Excerpt from My Table #91

How we came to be.

Dining Without Borders—Something from Restaurant A, Something from Restaurant B
Excerpt from My Table #91

Our writer takes a chance on two unfamiliar restaurants.



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