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Read more about Termini on page 30. Hair by Rebecca Rivera of Total Technique Salon in Texas City, and makeup by Daya Gracia of The Beauty Box in Pearland. Photo by Stuart Villanueva DEPARTMENTS 34 DOWN THE HATCH Whether in Italy, or dining stateside, the Negroni is worth a shot 44 TABLE SURFING Missing the Old Country? These Italian eateries can take you there 48 DOWN HOME The noodles in this Italian dish are made from scratch and worth the work 52 THE GALLEY Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, unless you’re talking crab 54 TASTE OF TEXAS While some purists look down on sauce, many Texans pour it on 56 GAME ON Venison tenderloins are the foundation of this wildly tasty meal 58 DESSERT ISLAND Mayonnaise makes this cake both moist and fluffy 60 COUNTER CULTURE A Friendswood kitchen renovation reignites couple’s love of cooking 66 HOMEPORT Islanders find the charms of essentialist living in historic downtown building 80 STEM TO STERN Forty years after their inception, these small catamarans are as common as gulls 82 HOOKED The year’s third month offers good angling, despite wiggy weather 34 78 TREASURE TROVE An old navigation tool finds its way to a downtown island antiques shop 94 PARTY PICS Find out who made the local party scene 100 SHUTTERBUGS readers share their coastal photos 80 In the February article “From cravats to corsets: Fashions in the Victorian era were constricting, modest, ornate and still loved today,” Dean Wright, son of Will and Shannon Guillot-Wright, was misidentified. 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