The Ultimate Food Lover's Guide to Houston - Softcover

Editors Of My Table Magazine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0966571622 ISBN 13: 9780966571622

Publisher: Lazywood Press, 2008

Synopsis

You may have heard the statistic: According to the Zagat Survey, Houstonians eat out more often than do residents of any other major American city. And it's true! Houston is a city that loves its restaurants. Now, with the August 2008 publication of The Ultimate Food Lover's Guide to Houston, brought to you by the editors and writers of My Table magazine, dining around Houston is about to become an even more delicious adventure. Capitalizing on My Table's 14 years of covering everything food in Houston and our reputation as Houston's only editorially independent magazine devoted solely to dining in Houston, this is not a traditional restaurant guidebook so much as -- as the title promises -- a food-lover's guide. Our overriding editorial guideline: Where would we send our best foodie friend? The 5x8 book -- easy to slip into a handbag or briefcase -- is divided into three chapters: Local Flavors has more than 100 bakeries, ethnic markets, farmers' markets, butchers, gelato shops, fishmongers, chocolate shops, coffeehouses, tea rooms, and much more; Spirited Houston lists more than 95 wine bars, wine and spirits retailers, brewpubs, hotel bars and dives; and Restaurants & Cafes covers everything else, from fine-dining establishments to quirky ethnic eateries off the beaten path. Besides the main listings -- nearly 550 in all -- The Ultimate Food Lover's Guide to Houston features dozens of color photos, a fold-out map, sidebars and boxes with everything from a list of our favorite boiled-crawfish spots to the town's best sports bars (as chosen by Houston Dynamo star Brian Ching), from a round-up of pick-your-own orchards to the best annual food festivals, from a list of local cooking schools to a chocolatier's secret sources for chocolate-making supplies, from our favorite BYOB restaurants to five spots that serve English-style afternoon tea. The book even has a dozen recipes from Houston's best-known restaurants, including Cafe Annie, Mark's American Cuisine, Brennan's and Ouisie's Table. In other words, this book is richer, deeper and more varied than the traditional restaurant directory-style guidebook. We don't pretend to list everything in town -- only those places that are worthy, beloved, compelling, irresistible or simply cannot be ignored.

About this title

About the Author

Editor Teresa Byrne-Dodge has been writing about Houston restaurants for more than 24 years, first as restaurant critic for the Sunday magazine of The Houston Post, then as restaurant critic for Houston Metropolitan magazine and Houston Life until it folded in 1995. In June 1994, with a $3,000 nest egg, Byrne-Dodge launched a bimonthly 12-page dining-out publication called My Table: A Critical Guide to Dining in Houston. Response to My Table was immediate and enthusiastic. Today it is a 64-page magazine read by some 20,000 food-loving Houstonians.

Review

Houston is a great city of opportunity, which is why people from all over the world come to live and work here. For food lovers, that translates into a world of opportunity to sample an almost-endless variety of good cooking and dining. The Ultimate Food Lover's Guide to Houston is like having your own passport to that world, stamped 'bon appetit.' --Mayor Bill White, City of Houston

Since it began as a little 12-page newsletter in 1994, My Table magazine has grown into the go-to source for all things food and dining in Houston. It's authoritative and fun -- what more could you ask? And now all that knowledge is in one place. --Patricia Sharpe, food editor, Texas Monthly

Since it began as a little 12-page newsletter in 1994, My Table magazine has grown into the go-to source for all things food and dining in Houston. It's authoritative and fun -- what more could you ask? And now all that knowledge is in one place. --Patricia Sharpe, food editor, Texas Monthly

Edition details

• Publisher: Lazywood Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0966571622
• ISBN 13: 9780966571622
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 350
• Editor: Teresa Byrne-Dodge