2013 Chili Cook-Off

The annual January gathering at the Roediger House centers on chili: pots of various concoctions that somehow fall into the chili family, brought by those who wanted to cook some up and enjoyed by everybody whether a maker-of-chili or not. It's a calm and casual evening of friends fellowshipping, stuffing ourselves silly, praising and parsing the startling and the subtle variations, and somewhere along the way someone bringing up the dreaded gastrointestinal eventualities. Yes, indeed: the annual RoHo chili cook-off is definitely a gas.

Vegetarian Chili

Six-Hour Chili

A sampling of Amy Williamson's chili,
with Granny Wilson's honey-wheat cornbread in the background

Additional pots of chili were brought by Brad Phillis & Lauren Wilson and by Amy Williamson. There was a great sampling of good eats!

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"Six-Hour Chili," from Williams-Sonoma.

"Vegetarian Chili," from All About Vegetarian Cooking. By the editors of Joy of Cooking: Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, and Ethan Becker. New York: Scribner (2000), p. 82-83. Cookbook was a gift from former student Alison Pomeroy.

"Granny Wilson's Cornbread," a recipe shared with me by Linda B. Dunlap.