Inside My Table #91 | Contents
ExcerptDining Without Borders—Something from Restaurant A, Something from Restaurant B Editor’s Letter—Our Quinceanera On the coverTransplanted Houston-based graphic designer Heather Cobb has been passionately hammering out creativity at one of Houston’s top design firms for the past four years. She thinks “recession depression” is exhausting, so in the past six months she’s purchased her first home, attended her first NBA game and baked her first cake (for this month’s cover photo). See more of Heather’s work at www.heathercobb.com. |
6 HOUSTON BITES BACK
Includes Noteworthy Openings & Closings, a summery recipe for cold avocado soup, In the Bag, Question Box, some thoughts on restaurant names & more
12 LEFTOVERS
Leftovers are great for the home cook, but not so great for restaurants. Where does all that food go, anyway?
By Matthew Dresden
14 FOODIE BY NIGHT
It’s late, and you’ve had enough to drink for this night. Tired, slightly drunk and very hungry, you could definitely use a meal. Here are 14 spots that are open long after midnight.
By Sarah Rufca
18 LETTER FROM NEW YORK CITY
Local chef Bryan Caswell was recently selected by Food & Wine magazine as one of America’s 10 best new chefs. Look for him on the cover of the July issue. In the meantime, here’s his story of learning the news.
By Bryan Caswell
28 OUR CITYWIDE ANNIVERSARY MENU
We asked several local restaurants and food shops to create special menu items to help us and the rest of Houston celebrate the magazine’s 15th anniversary. Wait ’til you see (and taste) what they came up with! Creations range from a dark-roast My Table Blend at House of Coffee Beans to My Table Hot Dish at Reef to the My Table Soft-Shell Crab at Shade. Wow! Let’s eat.
Layout by Heather Cobb
30 COVER STORY: THE LIFE & TIMES OF A LITTLE DINING MAGAZINE
If we’d known 15 years ago how much we didn’t know about publishing a magazine … well, let’s just say that ignorance and blind optimism bear a great deal of responsibility for the launch of My Table magazine.
By Teresa Byrne-Dodge
34 JUST DESSERTS: FINGER LICKING TO FINE ETIQUETTE
Humans’ adoption of knives and spoons was fairly straightforward. Forks, however, were more problematic. It was 15th-century Italians’ love for sticky sweetmeats that finally made forks an acceptable piece of personal cutlery.
By Abby Luby
36 15 YEARS OF HARVESTS
My Table magazine isn’t the only Houston food-related organization celebrating 15 years. Congratulations also to Urban Harvest. We recently had a conversation with executive director Mark Bowen.
By Paula Murphy
40 WINE & SPIRITS: SHORT PINTS
When is a pint truly a pint? As it turns out, not very often. Our writer takes some measurements.
By Mike Riccetti
5 TABLE TALK
5 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
22 MAN ABOUT THE KITCHEN
Anniversaries All Around Us
25 FOOD LOVER’S QUIZ-INE
Stranger Than Fiction
43 THE GNOME RANGER
Our bar gnome visits bartender Bobby Heugel at Anvil Bar & Refuge.
44 DINING WITHOUT BORDERS
A Little From Restaurant A, A Little From Restaurant B
46 LISTINGS
Veggie-friendly Restaurants
48 RESTAURANT REVIEWS
Benjy’s on Washington
Rainbow Lodge
3-in-1 Review: Pizza: A Slice of Heaven
49 ADVERTISER DIRECTORY
56 TASTING THE TOWN
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