But We Always Go There
This city has about a dozen restaurants that have been here for decades and haven’t put out a good plate of food since Mike...
All Chow, Baby Wants
Snuggled in sushi-print flannel jammies (Xmas 2003), chopping up goodies for the fondue pot (Xmas 2002), mixing up a vat of Robert Earl Keen's...
Don’t Blanche over Bread Winners
It’s pop quiz time! A co-worker who is new to Fort Worth suggested I try this great “new” restaurant that just opened in the...
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...
Baby Wrote You an Xmas Letter
Dear Friends and Family,We had some sadness and some gladness this year. The sadness, of course, is that some of Chow, Baby's faves closed...
Just the (Food) Facts, Ma’am
Chow, Baby eschews “hard news.” Corruption, exposés, and who-shot-John are usually the province of my more flinty-eyed colleagues. Chow, Baby gets flinty only about...
One Too Many Courses
I’m not sure there’s a new restaurant I’ve looked forward to trying more than Le Cep (3324 W. 7th St.). Chef Sandra Avila’s haute...
Teach the Children Well
Other than “Who will take care of me when I’m decrepit?,” Chow, Baby’s only regret over having had cats instead of children is the...
Black Market Timeshare
I don’t know why more restaurants don’t do timeshares. Occupying the same building seems to be working pretty well for Nonna Tata and Black...
Just Mad About Saffron
Paella is one of my favorite things to cook, eat, and just think about. So I recently set out to write the definitive paella...
