Category Archives: appetizer

Chili Buffalo Chicken Wings- Day 365

On December 31, 2013 we stood at the precipice of formative experience.  One year and 365 chili recipes later, we have gained this wisdom: Happiness is a byproduct of making great decisions. It is decidedly of great importance to take … Continue reading

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Chili Chex Mix

No rest for the wicked and no respite from the chili. We are at it every day, holidays included. 359 straight days of chili and today I have fully depleted what was (in January) a massive stash of antacids. Feverishly … Continue reading

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Cocktail Shrimp and Chili Wontons

There have been some sizable disasters.  Not to the extent of the Titanic, as our home is too diminutive to accommodate calamity on such an epic scale.  Nonetheless, colossal cookery cataclysms have plagued our kitchen.  I’ve never quite found my … Continue reading

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Big Baked Honey Chili Pretzels

Attempting to upstage a pretzel is a very twisted endeavor.  Anyway, trying to trump truly twisted treasures could tie me in knots.  Best to let the pretzels do the talking and let the auxiliary chili and honey sing backup. The … Continue reading

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Chili Cheese Pork Balls

I am guilty, with annoying regularity, of not seeing the forest for the trees.  I, however, refuse to see the forest for $50 a cord pulp wood. * After becoming lost during a 5K race, (how does that even happen?) … Continue reading

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Chili Stuffed Mushrooms

I did not drink the moonshine. It laid waiting in the tall grass, perched like a Halloween ghoul, replete with sharp teeth and halitosis.  I had nearly tripped over the spectral glass vessel on my jaunty rounds between bonfire and … Continue reading

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Fresh Blender Chili Salsa

There exists no better way to turn domestic tranquility into household hostility than to serve one’s cohabitants chili every day for 9 months. I had mistakenly believed that we were determined soldier through the “year of chili” together. The hardened … Continue reading

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