Suthern Star
Chow, Baby had that hungry-crabby-crankiness that results when the first lunch place you try is closed because of family illness (get well soon), the...
Forgive Us Their Faults
As most Bible Belt North Texans surely know, Yom Kippur, beginning sunset Wednesday, is the Jewish Day of Atonement that asks us - well,...
I’m Having a Smashback
As I stood at the local fast-food counter, my mind wandered back to Dublin, Ireland, and … a Burger King. Yes, after traveling thousands...
Widen Your Horizons, Cowboy
Every time my grandmother bites into a good piece of beef, she uses the same line: “This cow must have been in love.” Everybody...
Playing the Food Card
Not to compare Chow, Baby’s beloved East Side of Fort Worth to the beleaguered South Side of Los Angeles, but one neighborhood similarity is...
Collaring a Winner
Like most reasonable people and all native New Orleanians, Chow, Baby generally spends half its day eating and the other half thinking about where...
Savoir-Fare
I’ve often fantasized about what it would be like to live in a little European city. I’d wake up from my mid-day nap, hide...
Mi Nuevo Favorite Restaurant
Well, it's about time. How long has Chow, Baby been begging for a good Latin fusion restaurant? That question isn't rhetorical. The answer is,...
Couch Potatoes
Boy. After decades of dating adventure you finally meet The One, the person you could enjoy the rest of your life with, and with...
Once or Twice Is Good for the Soul
Chow, Baby had an honorable childhood nickname, a tribute to its courageous mutiny against the social and personal-grooming mandates of the time: "Rat's Nest."...
