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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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Despite the decline in the Bay, Danton's still has oysters

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Yesterday's New York Times highlighted the problem that oystermen in Galveston Bay are having since Hurricane Ike destroyed many of the oyster...
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Tiny Fountainview Fish Market is that and a litte more

After meeting a friend for lunch in the Galleria area the other day, I drove down Fountainview toward the freeway and caught sight of a favorite spot...
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Houston's top 100 restaurants (part 4)

Below are the last 25 restaurants in my alphabetical list of the top 100 Houston area restaurants: 76. Quattro - Italian - 1300 Lamar (in the Four...
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Houston's top 100 restaurants (part 2)

Below are restaurants 26 through 50 in the alphabetical list of my top 100 restaurants in the Houston area: 26. Da Marco - Italian - 1520 Westheimer,...
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Big shrimp savings at Fiesta for big shrimp

In the weekly flier I received from Fiesta, I was amazed to find that 9-12 count wild Gulf shrimp are $3.49 a pound, and just $5.99 headless. That's...
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Top signature dishes among Houston restaurants

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The current issue of Saveur magazine writes about “nine of our favorite signature dishes from around the country.” The list ranges from...
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Caswell named a Best New Chef by Food & Wine

As reported in the on-line edition of the Chronicle yesterday evening, Bryan Caswell, the executive chef and co-owner of Reef was named Best New Chef...
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Pico’s, soft-shell crabs are now available

One of my favorite Mexican restaurants, Pico’s, has recently announced that soft shell crabs are now available. They serve these every season,...
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Barbecue Shrimp - An amazingly flavorful and easy recipe

Though the ingredients satisfy the Lenten restrictions for Fridays, the richness and deliciousness of this New Orleans-style Barbecue Shrimp...
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Expand your Gulf seafood horizons beyond shrimp, redfish and red snapper

Very coincidentally, the afternoon after I enjoyed a number of unique preparations featuring the tasty, but neither widely distributed nor well known...
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