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Mike Riccetti is the author of "Houston Dining on the Cheap," the local Zagat editor and a regular contributor to "My Table." He writes frequently about food, drink and some less important topics.

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The best inexpensive Italian restaurant in Houston

Friday, November 27th, 2009

Though I am often asked about my favorite restaurant, my favorite inexpensive restaurant, or my favorite Italian restaurant, I am rarely asked about...
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A couple places for food and music this holiday weekend

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

If you happen to be entertaining family and friends from out of town this extended holiday weekend and want to take them to a unique spot exhibiting...
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Beaujolais is always a good choice for the Thanksgiving meal...though not Nouveau

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

If you've got wine provisioning duties for the Thanksgiving meal, you can rarely go wrong with Beaujolais. It's been my experience that these...
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Good news for the home cook - Pico’s moles to be sold by the quart

Friday, November 20th, 2009

Pico's, one of the area's best Mexican restaurants and one that annually highlights the variety of mole will soon be selling these to the...
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Everyone loves Italian food...or do they?

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

In an oft-quoted quip, playwright Neil Simon once stated, “There are two laws in the universe: the law of gravity, and everyone likes Italian...
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A proper toast to the 20th anniversary of the fall of Czech communism - Pilsner Urquell

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Today, November 17, is the twentieth anniversary of the demonstrations that began the downfall of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. A recent New...
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Yorktown Deli, a quaint Argentine near the Galleria

Sunday, November 15th, 2009

I was thinking of overlooked spots in Houston. Nearly hidden behind a stairwell in a tiny strip center near the Galleria, Yorktown Deli, is probably...
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A list of local restaurants with good lists of Italian wines

The other day I came across a Wine Spectator from the spring of 1997 about Italian restaurants in this country. One of the articles was about the...
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Little Bigs makes big orders easier (and can include beer and wine)

Little Bigs, the small burger joint in Montrose from the folks at Reef and Stella Sola (albeit without Jason Gould), have made it easier to order in...
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Ruby Tuesday upgrades...still too many other options here to bother

There was an article in Saturday's New York Times about the upgrades that the national restaurant chain Ruby Tuesday has made in order to attract...
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