Inside My Table #75 | Contents
ExcerptOn the coverCarolina Arentsen has created several My Table magazine covers over the past three years, and they are always among the most popular with our readers. Arentsen lives and works in Providence, R.I. To see more of her illustrations and designs, visit www.hintstudio.com. |
14 HOUSTON BITES BACK
Includes Letters to the Editor, Noteworthy Openings & Closings, Tasting the Town, Recommended Reading, Edible Etymology, A Pandemic Primer for the Panicked Gourmet, Man About Town & more
40 CENTERFOLD: THE GREAT ENCHILADA TOUR
Roadtrips by automobile are not the affordable travel alternative they once were. At one Houston restaurant, you can tour Texas and Mexico by enchilada.
By Paula Murphy and Shelby Watson
40 FAST-CASUAL RESTAURANTS: THE DINING-OUT TREND THAT’S IN
“Fast” and “casual” describe much of modern American life. The combination of words—“fast-casual”—describes one of the hottest and most rapidly expanding trends in the restaurant industry.
By Mike Riccetti
47 CORKS: CLASSY, SASSY PINOT NOIR
Wine pros Randall McCrea and Chuck Jenkins go glass to glass in this point/counterpoint column. In this issue, they taste and rate Pinot Noirs.
76 JUST DESSERTS: MEET THE MILCHIGS
A well-used aluminum cake pan occupies a special place in the kitchen — and imagination — of our writer. Its previous owner had signed “Milchig” on the bottom. Who were the Milchigs, and what happened to them?
By Gary J. Gee
12 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
14 TABLE TALK
34 MR. ANON
Mayhem in Miami
56 DINING WITHOUT BORDERS
No Pig’s Blood Here
57 ADVERTISER DIRECTORY
58 LISTINGS
Fast ‘n’ Fresh
60 THE GNOME RANGER
Our bar gnome visits bartender Ralph Rager at Absinthe Brasserie
62 RESTAURANT REVIEWS
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Sabor
72 THE EATER’S DIGEST
Restaurant reports from our correspondents in Dallas and San Antonio
