Inside My Table #78 | Contents
ExcerptOn the coverShelby Watson is an award-winning graphic designer/illustrator. Her design firm, Shelby Creative, is known for its creativity, strategic concepts and meticulous attention to detail. Classically trained in the foundation of typography, color theory and visual composition, Watson strives to deliver meaningful visual communication with strong conceptual skills—and a little bit of fun thrown in for good measure. |
12 HOUSTON BITES BACK
Includes Letters to the Editor, Noteworthy Openings & Closings, Tasting the Town, Edible Etymology, Recommended Reading, Recipe, Man About Town & more
24 ON THE ROAD, SUPER-SIZED
The staff of My Table may be chained to our desks, but the magazine goes on vacation practically every day. Here’s a sampling of photos that you have recently sent us in response to our regular On The Road photo request.
34 IN SEARCH OF CLARITY
Vodka seems such a simple thing. Yet its history is a murky muddle for most drinkers. Where did it originate? What is it made from? How did it come to be the most popular spirit in the United States—and much of the rest of the world, too?
By George Alexander
38 MY TABLE RATES 24 VODKAS
We gathered an intrepid, diverse and experienced tasting panel to conduct a blind tasting of 24 popular vodkas. Here are the results.
Organized by Mike Riccetti
44 CORKS: A PORT IN THE STORM
Wine pros Randall McCrea and Chuck Jenkins go glass to glass in this point/counterpoint column. This issue, they taste and rate Ports.
64 JUST DESSERTS: YOUR POTATO IS COOKED
Potatoes have been worshipped, cursed, cooked, consumed, manipulated and toyed with throughout history. No food is more inexorably tied to the human experience than this New World tuber.
By Micki McClelland
11 TABLE TALK
11 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
48 DINING WITHOUT BORDERS
Remembrances of Szechwan Past
50 LISTINGS
Cold, Dry and Dirty
(martini bars)
52 RESTAURANT REVIEWS
Oceanaire Seafood Room
Cova
Max’s Wine Dive
53 ADVERTISER DIRECTORY
