Reheated Chili

A few years ago. I wrote a piece for Roll Magazine called “Seeing Red.” It told the story of the origin of chili cook-offs. The short version is that—in the August 1967 issue of Holiday magazine—a yankee humorist, who lived in New York’s Westchester County fer chrissakes, insulted the entire state of Texas. He claimed to make the very best chili con car…