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I’ve received lots of queries about my chili, so I thought I’d answer some of the more frequently asked questions: Where do you buy dried an...

"The aroma of good chili should generate rapture akin to a lover's kiss." - Motto of the Chili Appreciation Society Internatio...

I was perusing Off the Broiler yesterday and I discovered this: a Paterson, NJ delicacy called the Hot Texas Weiner. Now Texas isn’t really...

"Chili is not so much food as a state of mind. Addictions to it are formed early in life and the victims never recover. On blue days in...

I'm cooking some Tex-Mex, listening to the "Lone Star" soundtrack when I hear the news: Freddie Fender is gone. I'm two fo...

Did you know that in Texas they have something called the “Safe Cupcake Amendment?” That’s right, under the Texas State Law cupcakes are a p...

You may not know Stephen Tobolowsky by name, but you certainly know his work. He's an actor who has appeared in a host of movies and TV ...

Yee haw, we won! Clearly more a mantra than a slogan, "Don't Mess With Texas," grabbed top honors last week in the third annua...