The Chili Cookbook: A History of the One-Pot Classic, with Cook-off Worthy Recipes from Three-Bean to Four-Alarm and Con Carne to Vegetarian

Lobster Chili in Old Mexico

• Roasted Green Chiles
• Lobster Chili
• Venison Chili
• Fresh Corn Tortillas
• Smoked Turkey Chili

Christmas in New Mexico

• Red Chile Sauce
• Red Chile Chorizo
• Red Chile with Beef
• Hatch Green Chile Sauce
• Green Chile Chicken
• Green Chile with Pork and Potatoes
• Huevos Rancheros “Christmas”

Goulash, Kima, and Tagine

• Spicy Hungarian Goulash
• Goulash Cannon Chili
• Pork Goulash
• Chicken Paprikash
• Greek Makaronia Me Kima
• Berber Tagine
• Indian/Pakistani Keema

Longhorns, Chili Queens, and the Cradle of Texas Chili

• Dried Chile Paste
• Richard Bolt’s “Deviled Beef”
• Pendergrast’s Grass-Fed Beef Chili
• Chili Queen Chili
• Fideo Con Carne
• Frijoles Refritos

Comida Tex-Mex

• El Real’s Chili Con Carne
• Restaurant Chili Gravy
• A.J. Foyt’s Supertex-Mex Chorizo Chili
• Old-Fashioned Tex-Mex Enchiladas
• Frito Pie
• Wick Fowler’s Original Four Alarm Chili
• Bob Plager’s $25,000 Chili
• Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson’s Congressional Cook-Off Championship Chili

Route 66 and Other Kicks

• Saint Louis Slinger
• Illinois Chilli with Two “L’s”
• Polly Bergen’s Chili
• Branson Chili Cheese Fries
• Walsh Family “Chili Size”

Coneys and Three-Ways: Greek-American Chili Traditions

• Original Cincinnati Chili
• Cincinnati Spaghetti Chili and the “Ways”
• Homemade Coney Sauce
• Detroit Coneys

Half-Smokes and All That Jazz: African-American Chili Traditions

• Miles Davis’s South Side Chicago Chili Mac
• Just Like Ben’s Chili
• Original Chili Half-Smokes
• Hoover’s Freezer Chili
• Obama Family’s Chili

Modern Chili

• James Beard’s Pot Roast Chili
• Tyler Florence’s Short Rib Chili
• Bittman and Bitali’s Lamb Chili
• Robert Redford’s Lamb Chili with Black Beans
• Pork Vindaloo
• Pork and Whiskey Chili
• Cocoa Bird Chili
• White Chicken Chili
• White Chicken Poblano Chili

Vegetarian Chili

• Chili Sin Carne
• Five-Chile Tempeh Chili
• Three-Bean Chipotle Chili
• Borracho Black Bean Chili
• Lentil, Sweet Potato, and Ancho Chili
• Green Chili
• Texas Tofu Chili without Beans

How to Throw a Chili Party

• Stone-Ground Cornbread
• Slow-Cooker Chile Con Queso