Inside My Table #51 | Contents
Excerpt100 Great Things About Houston Restaurants On the coverOur graphic designer Jen Cooper assembled this collage, using a photo by Deron Neblett—the longtime My Table contributor recently relocated to the Boston area—and an illustration by Brady Smith. The type for “Houston” was clipped from various publications, and the happy fellow in the upper-righthand corner was found art, courtesy of Terry Armour. |
36 REHASHED: BREAD OF ANGELS
Bread pudding submits readily to any number of variations. Dried fruits, spices, liquor, nuts and chocolate are often included in the recipe, and all kinds of breads, from challah to biscotti, can be substituted for the regular white loaf. Here are three bread pudding recipes from local restaurant chefs.
Recipes by Carl Walker, Tommy Child and Anita Jaisinghani
Chef portraits by Kim Coffman
40 FULL PLATES
This Hungarian artist visited Houston during Fotofest earlier this year and went home with a plethora of tiny images found on food packages in downtown’s Little Saigon. Carefully clipped, cleaned and preserved, these miniature pictograms serve as the raw material for her current photographic art.
Photos and essay by Ágnes Eperjesi
42 COVER STORY: 100 GREAT THINGS ABOUT HOUSTON RESTAURANTS
We emailed a random selection of our readers and asked them to tell us what they like best about local eateries. Here’s some of what they had to say.
By My Table Readers
80 JUST DESSERTS: A TASTE OF HOME
When American families move overseas, cravings for the grocery-store staples of home—peanut butter, corn muffin mix, pumpkin pie filling, and such—become obsessions. Here’s one family’s story of how they made “a taste of home” something other than Oreos and Big Macs.
By Deborah Rothschild
12 TABLE TALK
12 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
14 HOUSTON BITES BACK
Includes Letters to the Editor, Tasting the Town, Noteworthy Openings & Closings, Man About Town, At Table with Annie Cater, Of Ice and Men, Recommended Reading & more
32 MR. ANON: THE MACHISMO OF MEAT
50 WINE & SPIRITS
Turkey Wine
52 SALUD!
A toast to Andrea Immer
54 GREAT CULINARY MOMENTS
What a Boaring Summer!
58 LETTER FROM KAUAI
Dining on the Garden Island
64 WHAT’S BUZZING IN THE KITCHEN WITH…
JoBeth Williams
66 LISTINGS
Dining Solo: Table for One
68 RESTAURANT REVIEWS
Hugo’s
Two Chefs Bistro
Mockingbird Bistro Wine Bar
69 ADVERTISER DIRECTORY
76 THE EATER’S DIGEST
Restaurant reports from our correspondents in New Orleans, Fort Worth and San Antonio
