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Butel, widely regarded as the expert on Southwest cooking, has traveled the country judging chili contests and coaxing recipes. Here are 37 of the best, along with cookoff directions, chili history, lore, mail-order sources, and more. Photos throughout.
Publisher's Remarks:
Beloved chili. Passionate chili. Hot chili . . . and not just because of the chiles. Chili, the star of cook-offs, the obsession of societies, and the subject of endless debate over its proper preparation. Has there ever been a better time to be a chili head? A well-stocked supermarket today carries a variety of fresh and dried chiles, fresh cilantro, myriad dried and canned beans, chipotle powder, and all the makings for sides and salsas, from tortillas in the refrigerator case to organic avocados. Jane Butel's "Chili Madness" has been praised as "an elegant celebration" ("Travel + Leisure") that "chile lovers will love" ("New York Post"), it's the spicy bestseller with over 330,000 copies in prin
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