The Real Chili Cookbook: America's 100 All-Time Favorite Recipes - Softcover

Marjie Lambert

9780785808022: The Real Chili Cookbook: America's 100 All-Time Favorite Recipes

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0785808027 ISBN 13: 9780785808022

Publisher: Chartwell Books, Inc., 1997

Chili is so popular nowadays it could become America's national food. Chili enthusiasts, also known as chiliheads, spend their weekends attending chili cookoffs where the best cooks compete for the best-tasting chili. The atmosphere is boosted by beer, bragging, and the cook's secret ingredient. 'The Real Chili Cookbook' offers authentic and original recipes for all chili lovers. From basic chilis consisting of little more than meat, onion, chile, and spices for purist, to chilis with extraordinary ingredients, such as chocolate, mole past, and tequila for unorthodox cooks. And, strictly speaking, although there is no such dish a vegetarian chili, there are delicious alternative to the traditional stew that include tofu, bulgur, goats' cheese, and a startling array of vegetables. Chilis might have many different flavors but it is almost always hot and spicy. This is due to the chile pepper, and ingredient common to all chilis. 'The Real Chili Cookbook' describes all fresh and dried chiles in an illustrated glossary, and also explains many other chile items such as ancho and pasilla chile powder, chile flakes and chile molido, often needed in making chili. In addition there is a whole chapter devoted to accompaniments that always marry well with chilli; beans, cornbread, salads, breads, and dips. 'The Real Chili Cookbook' provides recipes to suit any mood, any budget, any pantry, and any palate, from the delicate to the asbestos. Book Cover.

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