Inside My Table #79 | Contents
ExcerptOn the coverMike Robins is a well-known Houston artist, much in demand by both commercial and editorial clients. His extensive resume includes work for Exxon, Coca-Cola, HBO, Coors, Atlantic Monthly, Kellogg’s cereals and Hardee’s. This is his second cover for My Table magazine. |
12 HOUSTON BITES BACK
Includes Letters to the Editor, Noteworthy Openings & Closings, Tasting the Town, Edible Etymology, Recommended Reading, Recipe & more
18 THE FOOD LOVER’S QUIZ-INE
Wave your forks in the air and welcome My Table’s newest feature, a culinary quiz for foodies, written by contributor Micki McClelland. We’re pretty sure you’re going to learn some esoteric (if fairly useless) bits of food anthropology—and have a few laughs, too.
34 LEARNING TO EAT
Our writer prides himself on being a guy with broad tastes, who tries anything and usually likes it, who prefers bold and complicated food with lots of ingredients. So he gave himself a challenge: to deliberately order unusual foods that he wouldn’t otherwise eat at restaurants he had never been to. Unusual food. Strange food.
By James Sulak
42 CORKS: SHERRY, SHERRY BABY
Wine pros Randall McCrea and Chuck Jenkins go glass to glass in this point/counterpoint column. This issue, they taste and rate Sherry.
64 JUST DESSERTS: HOW I BECAME A RESTAURANT WRITER
Many people dream of writing about food and getting paid for it. Here’s how one man did it.
By Mike Riccetti
11 TABLE TALK
11 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
22 MAN ABOUT TOWN
47 THE GNOME RANGER
Our bar gnome visits bartender Mario Chaves at Alden Hotel’s a+.
48 DINING WITHOUT BORDERS
Tacos Tacos Tacos
50 LISTINGS
Dining on the West Side
52 RESTAURANT REVIEWS
The Lodge at Bayou Bend
New York Bagel & Coffee Shop
Killen’s Steakhouse
53 ADVERTISER DIRECTORY
