Inside My Table #87 | Contents
ExcerptDining Without Borders—Home of the Gift-Wrapped Chicken Editor’s Letter—A Book, Then a Storm Texas Trash and Other Delicacies On the coverWhen we announced our 2008 cover art contest — the theme was “the great Texas food quiz” — we never expected anything like California artist Darcy O’Donoghue’s goth cowgirl. But it made us laugh, and here at the magazine we all agreed it’s a great image for Halloween as well. Says O’Donoghue, “I was born in Southern California, raised in Northern California, I’ve been drawing since my hands could hold onto a crayon and my website is callowlily.com.” O’Donoghue accepts portrait commissions. |
Here’s what you’ll find in our October-November 2008 edition:
14 HOUSTON BITES BACK
Includes Noteworthy Openings & Closings, Of Ice & Men, In the Bag, Taiwanese-style shaved ice, Tasting the Town & more
28 HOUSTON THROUGH A MARTINI GLASS
A professional martini blogger stopped over in Houston recently to sample a few Bayou City libations. We have her report.
By Marjie Martini
30 SOMETHING CHEESY GOING ON
Mmmm, pimiento cheese. We put this favorite Southern comfort food to the test, with a blind tasting of 10 locally available pimiento cheese spreads. The top scorer will surprise you.
Organized by Rose Cahalan
40 CENTERFOLD: THE COCKTAIL HOUR
A chat with Mid-century Modern collector Don Browne, whose exhibit The Hour: Cocktail Time Design at Lawndale Art Center earlier this year was the talk of Houston’s Modern-loving design and architecture circles.
44 THE GREAT LONE STAR STATE FOOD QUIZ
Think you know Texas food, drink and culinary history? Our regular Food Lover’s Quiz-ine columnist took the bit in her teeth and came up with 32 fun questions to test your knowledge.
By Micki McClelland
58 CORKS: SPOOKY WHITE WINES FOR FALL
Wine pro Randall McCrea and guest taster Debra Gallington go glass to glass in this point/counterpoint column. This issue, they taste and rate some lesser-known white wines for fall quaffing.
62 A CONVERSATION WITH MICHAEL AND DAVID CORDÚA
Houston has long nurtured restaurant-family dynasties: the Mandolas, the Vallones, the Laurenzos, et al. The newest is the Cordúas. We recently spoke with patriarch Michael Cordúa and his son David.
By Laurel Brubaker Calkins
80 JUST DESSERTS: TEXAS TRASH & OTHER DELICACIES
Our food, like all things Texas, is spiced up with myth.
By Laura Elder
12 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
12 TABLE TALK
34 MR. ANON: BOOZING IN THE BIG EASY
60 THE GNOME RANGER
Our bar gnome visits bartender Juan Pablo Hisse at Open City.
66 DINING WITHOUT BORDERS
Home of the Gift-Wrapped Chicken
68 LISTINGS
The Great Southwest
70 RESTAURANT REVIEWS
Soma
Voice
71 ADVERTISER DIRECTORY
