Growling is for Stomachs
What is it about beer and wine snobs that irritates me so? I mean, I’m a wine person, but I don’t stick my whole...
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...
Birds of Clay
I still get teary-eyed every time I walk into Clay Pigeon Food and Drink (2731 White Settlement Rd.), Chef Marcus Paslay’s outstanding scratch kitchen...
The Word in Anglo is Good
Big, big news in the Eateries Near Thrifteries department: Picosos Mexican Restaurant (1950 Menefee Av.) has given frugal Chow, Baby another northwest destination for...
Good ’Wich of the East
Like everybody else in the world, Chow, Baby saw this "now officially a recession!" coming, and so over Thanksgiving week in New Orleans it...
Brunch Anxiety
I must be really spoiled. Or maybe worrying about the brunch menus of two places that just replaced their chefs is the way I...
Zenna for the Young
I’ve come to the not-so-shocking conclusion that I am officially a fuddy-duddy. (Who else but a crotchety old fusspot would even use that phrase?)...
The Year in Restaurants
Oh, 2016. You’re like a belligerent party guest who won’t leave until you’ve alienated everyone with your mouth-breathing, vapid sense of self-righteousness. You mowed...
White Like Me
Chow, Baby has been reading a book called Stuff White People Like, compiled from the blog of the same name. It's basically a field...
For Mature Audiences
The fact that I don’t have children has never stopped me from judging parents who can’t control their brood in public. I was at...
