Inside My Table #54 | Contents
ExcerptOn the coverAllison Merriweather no longer lives in the Houston area—she and her family relocated to Maryland last year—but she often incorporates Texas images into her paintings. See more of her work locally at the Screen Porch in The Village (713-523-1020), at the YGHA Gallery in Galveston (409-770-9442) or online at www.merriweatherart.com. |
26 REHASHED: MEET OUR WINNERS
Last October My Table magazine rolled out its first big-time recipe contest. Partnering with Mathilde Liqueurs, we challenged Texas cooks—both professional chefs and inspired home cooks—to create their best recipes using any variety of Mathilde’s natural liqueurs. In this special edition of Rehashed, we present our five finalists’ recipes and announce the winner of our trip for two to Paris and Cognac, courtesy of Air France.
Recipes by David Garrido, Sara Oussar, Francesco Farris, Sunita Jain and Linda Morten
Photos by Kim Coffman
32 INFAMOUS FOOD FOLK
They’re never invited to A-list parties and nobody returns their calls. You won’t find their names in Vanity Fair or People or the National Enquirer. But we love them here at My Table, because they’re “Infamous Food Folk.”
By Jim Sanders
Illustrations and page design by Bill White
34 COVER STORY: 30 REASONS WE LOVE LONE STAR FOOD
We Texans take our food as seriously as we do our football, our certainty that boots are suitable footwear anywhere, anytime, and our right to talk ugly about Oklahoma. Just try to slander our vittles, and we’ll defend our deep-fried passion as though you personally had launched that attack on the Alamo. Herewith, our 30 reasons why we think Texas food is among the world’s finest.
By June Naylor
Illustrations by Cindy Duhe
64 JUST DESSERTS: THE GREAT INDOORS
Our author has never understood the passion that many people have for eating outside. As she explains it, the entire point of living in a civilized age is the welcome chance to sit down at a table indoors, away from marauding insects, extremes of temperature and gusts of wind that snatch your napkin away.
By Janice Rossen
8 TABLE TALK
8 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
10 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 & more
22 MR. ANON IN MARGARITAVILLE
40 WINE & SPIRITS
The State of Texas Wines
42 ¡SALD!
A toast to Melba Allen-Mauviel
44 GREAT CULINARY MOMENTS
¡Tequila!
48 WHAT’S BUZZING IN THE KITCHEN WITH?
Lance Berkman
50 LISTINGS
Old-Fashioned Texas Eats
52 RESTAURANT REVIEWS
Azuma Sushi & Robata Bar
Fleming’s Steakhouse & Wine Bar
Riviera Grill
53 ADVERTISER DIRECTORY
60 THE EATER’S DIGEST
Restaurant reports from our correspondents in Dallas, New Orleans and Austin
