Inside My Table #92 | Contents
ExcerptDining Without Borders—Honey, Let’s Go for Mongolian! Editor’s Letter—Hot Town, Cool City On the coverWe are delighted to welcome back Carolina Arentsen, the Providence, RI-based artist who has created several of our most memorable covers. She does it all: graphic design, illustration, web design, Christmas ornaments, jewelry, fine art. To see more of Carolina’s work, visit www.hintstudio.com. |
8 HOUSTON BITES BACK
Includes Noteworthy Openings & Closings, Mailbag, Garden Cocktails from The Inn at Dos Brisas, Recommended Reading, In The Bag & more
20 LETTER FROM ASPEN: ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH
Houston was very well represented at the recent Food & Wine Classic in Aspen.
By Mark D. Sullivan
22 ALL THE TEA IN CHINATOWN
Fascinated by the slew of exotic iced teas available at your favorite banh mi shop or Asian supermarket? We decided to taste a few – 31 to be exact. We slogged through the fruity, the floral and the just plain weird to figure out the very best of the locally-available made-in-Asia refreshments.
By Lissa Glasgo
24 JUST DESSERTS: A TASTE OF HOME
Our writer, studying in Buenos Aires, quickly learned that cultural immersion starts with your taste buds.
By Rose Cahalan
32 SPAMALICIOUS
Poor Spam! This nutritious, value-priced potted meat product is so dissed that its very name is synonymous with internet junk mail. So we were surprised when our idle tweet on Twitter wondering what a good chef could do with Spam brought an enthusiastic response from several of Houston’s best chefs. We narrowed the field to five, delivered each a couple cans of Spam and let them go at it. Their delicious recipes will change forever the way you think about Spam.
By Lissa Glasgo
Photography by Kevin McGowan
38 COVER STORY: CHEAP EATS
We have assembled a portfolio of stories for eating and drinking on the cheap, including Best in Class, Our Critics’ Favorite Cheapies and Crazy Cheap Wine: 10 Under $10. Plus we asked several area chefs, Where do you eat for $12 or less? For more penny-pinching, see page 50 for bargains at (and for) the bar and page 56 for a listing of a dozen cheap-and-good restaurants.
Articles by Nikki Metzgar, Lissa Glasgo and Laurel Brubaker Calkins
50 WINE & SPIRITS: 24 BOOZY DEALS
Here’s a round-up of two dozen bar-related bargains: cheap glassware, a source for inexpensive ice, no-corkage-fee BYOB deals, best free happy-hour snacks and more.
By Mike Riccetti
5 TABLE TALK
5 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
26 MAN ABOUT THE KITCHEN
Cheep Eats: A Word on Foie Gras
30 FOOD LOVER’S QUIZ-INE
Paunch and Circumstance
53 THE GNOME RANGER
Our bar gnome visits bartender Geneva Gordon at The Volcano.
54 DINING WITHOUT BORDERS
Honey, Let’s Go for Mongolian!
56 LISTINGS
The Cheap List
58 RESTAURANT REVIEWS
Poscól Vinoteca e Salumeria
3-in-1 Review: Hey, Cupcake!
59 ADVERTISER DIRECTORY
64 TASTING THE TOWN
Yummiest Catch
