The Great Chili Confrontation: A Dramatic History of the Decade's Most Impassioned Culinary Embroilment, with Recipes,
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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0671270230
ISBN13:9780671270230
Release Date:January 1969
Publisher:Not Avail
Length:188 Pages
Weight:2.95 lbs.
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
as funny as it gets
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
One of the funniest nonfiction books I have ever read. Smith writes an article claiming that the main ingredients in chili are ego and envy. A bunch of Texans get insulted by his article and demand a cook-off, thereby proving his thesis. The resulting trip to the Lone Star State is madly funny. "She believes things a mud turtle would blush to believe." I once made the mistake of lending this book to a friend who was recovering from surgery. He laughed till it hurt.
H. Allen does it again ...
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
Of course, y'all know how the chili cookoff got started?Ol' H. had a passion for (what he called) chili, and being a United Presss Syndicate feature columnist he worked the topic into his articles whenever it became convenient.A feller named Wick Fowler was also a chili fancier, and being a jounalist himself in Texas, decided that H. Allen "didn't know chili from beans". The gauntlet was flung, and the challenge made. They chose Terlingua TX as the site of the cookoff "because a disaster could happen there and no one would know it."The rest is history, and any number of versions exists as to how it transpired.I like Harry's the best.
The Great Terlinqua Chili Confrontation
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
A memoir of the famous cook-off, and its antecedents, between under-rated wry humorist H Allen Smith & nemesis Wick Fowler.I believe the Terlinqua, Texas festival continues to this day.Smith was a rare wit and a truly American humorist who does not deserve obscurity. If you see one of his books - buy it.
Everything you ever wanted to know about chili--and more!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Reading this book, over 25 years ago, I began drinking milk with chili: according to the author this is the only suitable drink with chili, and he was exactly correct, in my opinion.
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