College Daze
As I grow older and further away from my university days, I sometimes think that college kids get a bad rap for behaving badly...
Stupid Is
Whenever Chow, Baby muses, as it often does, on how well-educated it is (Hook 'Em Horns!), how widely traveled it is (Hail Colombia!), how...
Words to Live By
Writing about restaurants that set up shop at cursed addresses — sinkholes where cafés before them have gone to die — is always bittersweet:...
Greater Expectations
If "stuffed and smothered" is your favorite cuisine, boy howdy, has Chow, Baby found the restaurant for you. Seems like everything on this menu...
Crazy for Taco Loco
You know, Chow, Baby goes to all this trouble creating mania-inspired color-coded lists and sub-lists, and yet not once has anyone written in to...
Chow Baby
When Chow, Ma left the country, she charged me with the task of keeping her Chow, Puppy full of Puppy Chow. I am a...
Word-o-Rama
Chow, Baby learned a new word! Mutabel (aka moutabel, muttabel) is a roasted-eggplant dip that's a lot like baba ghannouj, except creamier, spicier, and...
Mr. Friday Night
After promising itself for forever, Chow, Baby finally made it to the legendary Friday-night lamb & seafood buffet at Chadra Mezza (1622 Park Place...
Clueless in Cowtown
Chow, Baby expects, in the future, to make the new brewpub on Magnolia Avenue one of its homes away from home. Craft brews, inventive...
The Lowdown
It’s funny how much a name matters. Would anyone have boogied to the Beach Boys if they’d stuck to the original name, The Pendletones?...
