Musings about food, drink, dining and occasionally less important topics....
Mike Riccetti is a Houston-based food writer who knows the city very well, and some other things, too. In addition to over 100 articles published in My Table, Draft, The Galveston County Daily News, The Tasting Panel and other periodicals – mostly concerning area food and drink – he is the author of three editions of Houston Dining on the Cheap and the regularly updated eBook Houston Dining 2012 – A Guide for Visitors (and Most Locals, Too). He has contributed to several other guidebooks about the city, and has been the local editor of the Zagat Survey for several years.
Since 2009 he has posted about inexpensive Houston restaurants for Examiner.com, and since 2011 about Italian restaurants on a national basis. That's over 800 articles and counting, many of them actually worth a second look. Most recently, he has been contributing brief pieces about Houston for Serious Eats.
Concerning things Italian, in 2011 he released an eBook entitled, From the Antipasto to the Zabaglione - The Story of Italian Restaurants in America, which is part of a larger and possible future book project. And, he also co-wrote The Guide to Ridiculously Easy Entertaining - Tips from Marfreless, which is a tremendous resource -- and actually a fun read, too -- that often gets forgotten about, including the by author, for some reason.
This straightforward website, if a bit clumsy and simplistic, showcases some of his writing; at least a few of the roughly 75 articles and excerpts should be of interest. If not, come back again, as new stuff is being added each week. He can be reached at mjriccetti@gmail.com.
Sampling the orange wines of Oslavia at their source (June, 2012).
Since 2009 he has posted about inexpensive Houston restaurants for Examiner.com, and since 2011 about Italian restaurants on a national basis. That's over 800 articles and counting, many of them actually worth a second look. Most recently, he has been contributing brief pieces about Houston for Serious Eats.
Concerning things Italian, in 2011 he released an eBook entitled, From the Antipasto to the Zabaglione - The Story of Italian Restaurants in America, which is part of a larger and possible future book project. And, he also co-wrote The Guide to Ridiculously Easy Entertaining - Tips from Marfreless, which is a tremendous resource -- and actually a fun read, too -- that often gets forgotten about, including the by author, for some reason.
This straightforward website, if a bit clumsy and simplistic, showcases some of his writing; at least a few of the roughly 75 articles and excerpts should be of interest. If not, come back again, as new stuff is being added each week. He can be reached at mjriccetti@gmail.com.
Sampling the orange wines of Oslavia at their source (June, 2012).
