Inside My Table #76 | Contents
ExcerptOn the coverHoustonian Mike Robins has been a freelance artist specializing in humorous illustrations for more than 35 years. His extensive client list includes Exxon, Coca-Cola, HBO, Coors, Atlantic Monthly, Kellogg’s cereals and Hardee’s. This is his first cover for My Table magazine. |
12 HOUSTON BITES BACK
Includes Letters to the Editor, Noteworthy Openings & Closings, Tasting the Town, Houston Culinary Award winners, Edible Etymology, Man About Town & more
32 CENTERFOLD: BUILDING MUSSELS
What you’re going to do for your lover on a cozy wintry night is prepare a bowl of mussels that will be presented on the dining table that you’ve set before the fireplace. Oh, wait … no lover? Then eat all of these babies yourself. They’re that good.
By Micki McClelland
34 AFTER THE DELUGE: A PORTFOLIO OF ARTICLES FROM NEW ORLEANS AND LOUISIANA
We asked several food writers to tell us something about Louisiana 15 months after Katrina and Rita blew through. Our correspondents include Marcelle Bienvenu writing from St. Martinville with a remembrance of a traditional Cajun Christmas. Stanley Dry, based in New Iberia, discusses gumbo. New Orleans restaurant critic Tom Fitzmorris chronicles the restaurants that have reopened in his city. Bill Stephens, San Antonio-based but an aficionado of New Orleans drinking establishments, offers the perfect sazerac recipe. And Houstonian Laurel Brubaker Calkins has a three-way chat with Dominique Macquet of New Orleans’ recently reopened Dominique’s and Phillip Schmit of Bistro Moderne here in Houston.
46 CORKS: BEAUTIFUL BUBBLY
Wine pros Randall McCrea and Chuck Jenkins go glass to glass in this point/counterpoint column. This issue, they taste and rate Champagne and sparkling wines.
64 JUST DESSERTS: THE JURY IS OUT — TO LUNCH
All are called, and some actually serve. Clip and keep this article for next time you’re stuck with jury duty downtown.
By Jane Kremer
11 TABLE TALK
11 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
24 MR. ANON’S 2006 TURKEY AWARDS
50 DINING WITHOUT BORDERS
Sometimes It’s Not Just About the Food
(Russian dining in Houston)
52 LISTINGS
Houston’s Best Hotel Bars
54 RESTAURANT REVIEWS
La Vista
Joyce’s Ocean Grill
Catalan
55 ADVERTISER DIRECTORY
