Melissa Leong

Australians do love a good food festival. From regional gems like The Taste of Tasmania to Margaret River Gourmet Escape, diehard eaters have a litany of opportunities to revel in Australia's great produce and chow down on food made by some of the brightest culinary talent from here and abroad.

Alison Sweeney

I eat a lot of fruit after I run. I find that hydrates me better than just drinking water. I have fruit already cut up for after a run, so when I'm done I can chow on cantaloupe or watermelon. It's so satisfying, and that probably keeps me from being too hungry for other things.

American Actress

David Ignatius

Paradoxically, the United States' determination to protect its troops can be self-defeating. Allies and adversaries see U.S. forces living in secure compounds, eating fancy chow and minimizing their exposure to potential terrorist assaults.

American Journalist

The word 'chow' in this sense specifically refers to a dog breed with a distinctive blue-black tongue.

Dog Breed

'Chow' as a dog breed is recognized for its dense double coat that can be smooth or rough.

Fluffy Appearance

Use 'chow' to describe food in informal or casual conversations, not in formal dining situations.

Mealtime Casual

Using 'chow' to refer to food often suggests a friendly, familiar atmosphere among close friends or family.

Friendly Tone

Originally a military term for food, 'chow' still carries a sense of camaraderie and shared meals.

Military Origin

'Chow down' implies eating heartily or enthusiastically, often used when someone is very hungry.

Eating Hearty

The verb form 'to chow' is very casual and best used among friends or in laid-back settings.

Informal Eating

 and hunted them for millennia would be on board with any plan. There might be other ethical obligations that supersede our obligation to care for the bears, like, we'd have to think pretty hard about where we get the meat that we feed them, or if it'd be possible to feed them some kind of plant-based polar bear chow that would meet all their requirements.

Emma Marris: Are wild...

 and trade them with me in order to get a peanut. Now, capuchins are smart, so this wasn't necessarily a surprise. But what was a surprise was that some of the things that he was bringing me, I was pretty sure he liked better than peanuts. First, he brought me a piece of monkey chow,

Why monkeys (and humans)...

 the private sector developing chemical applications for the oil industry while simultaneously running a worldwide bank and credit card fraud operation that was worth millions until his arrest in 2008 and then finally chart eye area pan aka Chow one of the most remarkable hackers

Hire the hackers! -...

 and they feed the entire open ocean ecosystem. Some of the animals live among them and eat them, and others swim up to feed on them at night, while others sit in the deep and wait for them to die and settle down and then they chow down on them. So these tiny phytoplankton,

The tiny creature that...

 the dog snapper the dog snappers parade up the water at the top of the parade loop the females lay their eggs in the males release their sperm which leads to whale shark chow the whale shark is what's called a

Whale Shark PIPE National...

 without becoming croc chow here's the croc getting in a position like an outfielder waiting for a flyball the thirsty Birds hover trying to find the one square inch of water that's safe got close but no cigar

Crocodile Attack! PIPE...

 bee eaters these birds also have to figure out how to stay fed and hydrated without becoming croc chow here's the croc getting in a position like an outfielder waiting for a flyball the thirsty Birds

Birds vs. Crocodiles PIPE...

 own chick by voice recognition parent calls and baby answers once they're reunited baby gets to chow down on regurgitated

Penguin Parent Patrol PIPE...

Penguins Dressed for...

 breathtaking speed and agility get too close and your Gator chow