"Texas' premiere food writer" - John Mariani, restaurant critic for Esquire.

Teresa Byrne-Dodge has been writing about Houston restaurants for more than 20 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. Since 1984, she has written hundreds of freelance articles for such publications as Food & Wine, Bon Appetit, Texas Highways, Southern Living and many others, and from 1995 to 1996, she was the on-air restaurant critic for KHOU-Channel 11's morning news show in Houston. She was also the Houston-based editor or coordinator for all editions of the Zagat Houston Restaurant Survey 1988 through 2002.

In June 1994, Byrne-Dodge launched a bimonthly 12-page newsletter 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 22,000 food-loving Houstonians.

In August of 2008, My Table magazine capitalized on its 14 years of experience covering food in Houston to produce The Ultimate Food Lover's Guide To Houston. This 352-page book features more than 750 bakeries, ethnic markets, farmers' markets, butchers, seafood counters, chocolate shops, coffeehouses, tea rooms, wine bars, wine and spirits retailers, icehouses, brewpubs and, of course, restaurants and cafes. It is the most complete foodie guidebook ever published in Houston.