Inside My Table #77 | Contents
ExcerptOn the coverHouston artist David Chien is a man of diverse talents, from larger-than-life art installations to photography to editorial cartoons to (as in the case of our current cover) cut-paper collage. Oh, yeah: He’s our webmaster, too. To view more of his quirky work, visit nakedgremlin.com. |
12 HOUSTON BITES BACK
Includes Letters to the Editor, Noteworthy Openings & Closings, Tasting the Town, Limerick Contest winners, Edible Etymology, Top 10 Calamari Dishes, Man About Town & more
32 CENTERFOLD: 50 WAYS TO FEED YOUR LOVER
With apologies to Paul Simon.
By Micki McClelland
34 WHAT HOUSTON EATS: FIVE LOCAL FOODIES KEEP A DIARY
Inspired by Tucker Shaw’s 2005 food diary, Everything I Ate: A Year in the Life of My Mouth, we decided to ask a few local citizens what they really eat. Five Houstonians of differing ages and lifestyles volunteered to keep a detailed food diary for one week. Get out the Tums!
Edited and introduction by George Alexander
46 CORKS: VINO O’NATUREL
Wine pros Randall McCrea and Chuck Jenkins go glass to glass in this point/counterpoint column. This issue, they taste and rate organic wines.
64 JUST DESSERTS: THE DRIVE-THRU BLUES
Drive-thru operations with talking menu boards existed long before we put men on the moon; we have no problem talking to astronauts on the moon. But talking to your drive-thru order taker 100 feet away seems beyond current technology.
By Bill Stephens
11 TABLE TALK
11 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
26 MRS. ANON: LOSING IT
49 THE GNOME RANGER
Our bar gnome visits bartender Dzi Vo at Uptown Sushi
50 DINING WITHOUT BORDERS
England on the Bayou
52 LISTINGS
2006’s Best New Restaurants
54 RESTAURANT REVIEWS
Amici Ristorante
Kona Grill
55 ADVERTISER DIRECTORY
62 THE EATER’S DIGEST
Restaurant report from our correspondent in Galveston.
