Description:
Prologue -- The original, Texas-style "Bowl of Red" -- The grains of paradise -- Chili history and legend -- Poets, celebrities, and jailhouse chili -- The Appreciation Society (International) -- Chili in a can -- The chili powder man -- Greaseless chili -- The scene of the chili wars -- The first cookoffs -- Honest judging at last -- Drugstore chili and other extraordinaries -- Tamales and enchiladas -- The gentlemen from Odessa or Son-of-a-bitch stew -- The Pitchfork's cook and some "Hoods" -- Black-eyed peas and pinto beans -- Some really hot bread -- Native Indian foods and farkleberries -- A land of hot sausage and barbecue -- The chili prayer.