Inside My Table #88 | Contents
ExcerptDining Without Borders—Venezuelan, Pure and Not Our 12 Favorite Holiday Films—and the Wines to Drink With Them On the coverJill DeGroff is a graphic artist and also the vice president of the Museum of the American Cocktail. Her true passion, however, is caricaturing the folks she encounters in the bars and restaurants where her work often takes her. DeGroff has recently released the 2009 Cocktailian Calendar ($16.95), a 12” x 9” limited-edition wall calendar featuring popular bar chefs, favorite cocktail recipes and important spirits and beverage events happening throughout the year. Purchase online at www.cocktailiancalendar.com. |
Here’s what you’ll find in our December 2008-January 2009 edition:
10 HOUSTON BITES BACK
Includes Noteworthy Openings & Closings, In the Bag, Tasting the Town, a culinary exhibit at the Heritage Society Museum, Digesting Hurricane Ike, Our 12 Favorite Holiday Movies (and the wines to drink with them) & more.
22 MAN ABOUT THE KITCHEN: AFTER THE WINDS STOP BLOWING
We closed our eyes and wished very hard, and it worked! Mark Hanna has returned to our pages with a new column called Man About the Kitchen. It combines first-person narrative with food and wine, occasional culinary history, social observation and, always, a recipe. In his debut, a tale about Hurricane Ike and fireplace cooking.
32 THE 12th ANNUAL HOUSTON CULILNARY AWARDS
Winners, celebrants, party photos
34 TABLE FOR ONE
Solo diners no longer are the restaurant world’s oddity. Our writer muses on the pleasures of dining alone.
By Kathy Biehl
46 CORKS: DIAMONDS IN YOUR GLASS
Wine pro Randall McCrea and guest taster Bill Begley go glass-to-glass in this point/counterpoint column. This issue, just in time for the winter holidays, they taste and rate sparkling wines.
64 JUST DESSERTS: GOTTA HAVE IT
Houston is about to get a big-name celebrity-chef restaurant. Are we ready?
By Mike Riccetti
6 TABLE TALK
9 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
20 FOOD LOVER’S QUIZ-INE
Eat Up!
26 MR. ANON’S 2008 TURKEY AWARDS
42 LISTINGS
Ethnic Markets
44 DINING WITHOUT BORDERS
Venezuelan, Pure and Not
51 THE GNOME RANGER
Our bar gnome visits bartender Mike Wells at Marfreless
52 RESTAURANT REVIEWS
Frank’s Chop House
Américas
53 ADVERTISER DIRECTORY
