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The Seductive Tyranny Of Southern Mayonnaise

  • Posted on 13 Jan, 2021
  • By RL Reeves Jr
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Marie-Antoine Carême

Dynasties have been built. Rebellions have been quelled. Romances kindled. Reputations grown. Kingdoms overthrown.

Fortunes have been made. Continue Reading

Features, The Art And Science Of Chili

Wick Fowler And His Texas Band Of Chili Outlaws

  • Posted on 23 Nov, 2020
  • By RL Reeves Jr
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Wick Fowler cooking a pot of his famous chili

If Wick Fowler was a boxer he would’ve been a heavyweight. Continue Reading

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A History of Chicory In The New Orleans Coffee Trade

  • Posted on 16 Nov, 2020
  • By RL Reeves Jr
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1943 French Market Coffee advertisement

“It has been said that the best barometer of the destiny of the Port of New Orleans is coffee,” wrote T.J. Conroy in the New Orleans Port Record, in 1943. Continue Reading

Features, The Art And Science Of Chili

The Enduring Legacy Of Texas Chili Legend Wick Fowler

  • Posted on 9 Nov, 2020
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The Enduring Legacy Of Texas Chili Legend Wick Fowler

Homer Thomas Wilson Fowler came to be known as Wick but while growing up in Victoria, Texas his peers called him ‘Pig.’ Continue Reading

Features, The Art And Science Of Chili

On Carroll Shelby, Wick Fowler And The Origins of Terlingua Chili

  • Posted on 10 Oct, 2019
  • By RL Reeves Jr
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On Carroll Shelby, Wick Fowler And The Origins of Terlingua Chili

“You may suspect by now that the chief ingredients of all chili are fiery envy, scalding jealousy, scorching contempt, and sizzling scorn,” H. Allen Smith. Continue Reading

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