The Art And Science Of Chili | Scrumptious Chef

Eat in a few hundred Texas cafes like this one then write an article about Texas Red chili

Katie Workman begins her hopelessly flawed Washington Post (AP) article on Texas Red chili thusly: “If you know anything about Texas chili…”

Workman then goes on to prove that she knows absolutely nothing about the food so revered that good men have lost their lives over it. Continue Reading

The Red Devil restaurant in Budapest Hungary

We live in the best eating city in the U.S but New Orleans is a food desert if you’re trying to hunt down a proper bowl of chili. Continue Reading

Shanghai Jimmy’s Texas Chili Rice

Blackie Sherrod was a Texas legend. The hard-bitten old sports scribe routinely cried out for more “punch and juice” from his fellow writers. He liked to go deep and he expected those around him to follow. Continue Reading

John Nova Lomax speaks on Texas chili con carne

Every so often a new voice arises in the world of Texas chili letters. John Nova Lomax recently published a treatise on Texas chili that deserves a mention. Writing on the Texas Monthly platform, Lomax goes deep into the origins of our state’s official dish.

The Bloody San Antonio Origins of Chili Con Carne is a rigorously researched longform article on the most beloved food in the Lone Star state.

However, chili con carne is not the only official dish of the state. There are eight in total.

We wrote The Rules Of Texas Red nearly eight years ago.

Johnny Cash’s Chili Recipe

In spite of my southern drift I’ve eaten chili year round since I was just a little shaver dependent on my aunts and grandmas to make my food for me. It’s about to start hitting the 90’s in New Orleans and I’m still making a minimum of one pot per week.

I’m a lifer in the chili con carne game. Continue Reading

Robert Mitchum In The Kitchen (old postcard)

Robert Mitchum would’ve turned 100 this year but we all knew that wasn’t going to happen. Continue Reading

Terry Funk’s Double Cross Ranch

We would’ve given anything to have been inside the Rex Baxter Building at the big 2017 Amarillo Texas Tri-State Open Chili Championship yesterday. Dozens of cooking teams from across the Great State converged on Amarillo with big cauldrons of hot Texas Red chili to offer patrons. Continue Reading

President Richard Nixon’s Chili Con Carne Recipe

We were leafing through old newspapers from the 1950s when we ran across (then) Vice President Richard Nixon’s favorite chili con carne recipe. We’ll leave the whys and wherefores of Nixon’s political career to civic historians as we’re only in it for the chili. Continue Reading

Gebhardt’s Chile Powder Is King In Texas

When we’re not conjuring a kettle of chili on our stovetop or prowling through the aisles at Zuppardo’s Supermarket we content ourselves with reading about powerful figures in the nearly -forgotten world of 1970s chili cookoffs. Continue Reading

Rosalynn Carter’s Chili Con Carne Recipe

We’re going to take the lay of the land and see if there is any interest in a presidential chili pop up restaurant. Of course we’ll have to load the crew up in the old Econoline and head back to Texas for the event. Texas is ground zero for chili in these United States. Continue Reading

RL Reeves Jr

Writer Documenting Life In New Orleans 9th Ward. Second Lines, Hotplates, Gumbo, Po Boys, Brass Bands

Washington Post Crosses The Texas Red Chili Line

Cooking The Soup Of The Devil In New Orleans 9th Ward

A Recipe For Shanghai Jimmy’s Texas Chili Rice

John Nova Lomax Speaks On The Bloody History Of Texas Chili Con Carne

Johnny Cash’s Chili Recipe

Robert Mitchum’s Chili Recipe

Winners 2017 Amarillo Texas Tri-State Open Chili Championship

President Richard Nixon’s Chili Con Carne Recipe

The Art And Science Of Chili: Joe DeFrate’s World Champion Chili (1975)

Rosalynn Carter’s Chili Con Carne Recipe

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