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Tuesday, November 18, 2025

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New Aquaintance, Ne’er Forgot

Good news, everyone: Chow, Baby's standard Fresh New Year column - mourning the neato restaurants that have closed over the previous year and bitching...

Clay Pot Luck

During a recent dinner at Samwon Garden on Fort Worth’s South Side, a moment occurred that reinforced just how cool living in America can...

When in Rome …

Something’s been bothering Chow, Baby for quite some time now: spaghetti carbonara. The niggling doubts started in May, when Chow, Baby visited the then-newly...

Spaghetti alla Carbonara alla Chow, Baby

Serves 4 (See note 1) Enough olive oil to just cover the bottom of your favorite skillet About the same amount of butter 4 ounces pancetta, diced 2 1...

Wavy Gravy

Even though Mellow Mushroom has been open only about eight months, its dreadful service is already legendary. A buddy of mine popped in on one...

Fiesta for the Rest of Us

It took a while, but Chow, Baby finally finished off the liter bottle of Mexican vanilla that it got last year at a supermercado...

Fat Tuesday Every Day

It might have been the sparkling day, or maybe the phase of the moon, but whatever it was made me trek 45 minutes from...

The Chefs Must Be Crazy

In an episode of Chow, Baby's favorite cartoon show, The Tick, one of the superhero's punny cohorts is gearing up to battle evil: "This...

Caribbean Dreamin’

Bubba Bahamas is the reincarnation of Shrimpers Seafood Grille, a casual crab shack that gave nearby seafood institution J&J Oyster Bar a run for...

Never Saw Such a Sausage

Chow, Baby's whole house has that heavenly bouquet of smoke, the kind that signals the very best Texas barbecue. True, most of the aroma...