From soup to souffle, My Table covers local food and wine via a highly specialized magazine devoted to the pleasures of dining out in the greater Houston area.
Each issue offers readers the most complete information on the restaurants, chefs, shops, foods, trends, caterers, festivals and personalities that make up the city’s lively culinary scene.
Need more reasons to read My Table? Come on in!
Teresa Byrne-Dodge
editor & publisher
What’s new
The Ultimate Food Lover’s Guide to Houston
Lazywood Press, the parent company of My Table magazine, is pleased to present The Ultimate Food Lover’s Guide To Houston, which was released on August 18. With more than 550 listings—they cover restaurants, ethnic markets, bakeries, wine bars, butchers, coffeehouses, tea rooms, pubs, farmers’ markets and much more—plus dozens of sidebars and recommendations, this is the most complete foodie guidebook ever published in Houston.
Finalists Are Announced for the 2008 Houston Culinary Awards
My Table magazine’s 2008 Houston Culinary Awards will be held on Sunday, October 5, at Glass Wall restaurant (933-A Studewood at 10th). Cocktails at 6 pm, dinner at 7 pm, awards at 8:30 pm. And the finalists are …
24th Annual Caesar Salad Competition
Chefs, mark your calendars! Caesar Salad Competition time will soon be here! So break out the garlic, tear up the lettuce and let it fly at the 2008 Caesar Salad Competition on Friday, October 10.
Editor’s Letter #86: Thursday Dinner
How rain can change the menu.
Oven-Candied Tomatoes
As we prepare our August-September issue for press, our tomato vines are nearing the end of their usefulness. (How harsh is that!) The kitchen windowsills are lined with green, orange and red fruit. What to do with summertime’s all-at-once generosity?
Dining Without Borders #86: Some Like It Hot
Two local Thai places that do it right.
Noteworthy Closings #86
From our current issue, these are the noteworthy closings in and around Houston.
Noteworthy Openings #86
Here’s what’s new in and around Houston.
Index to Our First 85 Issues
We often receive calls from people who are trying to track down an article they remember reading in My Table magazine. In order to help, we have posted an index to our first 85 Issues.
Where is My Table magazine sold?
Having trouble finding a copy of My Table on your local newsstand? We’re sympathetic, and we’re working hard to increase our distribution. Here are some of the places where you can find My Table for sale.
Advertising in My Table Magazine
My Table is a different kind of lifestyle publication. Personal, quirky and very specialized. It’s more relevant. More useful. Neither a supermarket freebie nor a “controlled circulation” publication, My Table magazine is available only by paid subscription and for sale at better retail outlets. Want to bring My Table readers to your table? Our ad rates are the lowest in town.
Sandwich Chains
Restaurant listings from My Table #86
Sandwiches, often with a bag of chips, are the default lunchtime food. They’re quick, cheap and usually satisfying. Not to mention, sandwich chains are a popular franchise opportunity. As you can tell from looking at nearly every busy intersection in town, new ones are popping up all the time. Though the best sandwiches are always from a local place that reflects the indigenous culture — a lobster roll in New England, for example, or a cheesesteak in Philadelphia — in a pinch a chain spot will do. Here are 14.
