Big Bend resident rancher Hallie Stillwell has added her voice and favorite chili recipe to her friend Frank X. Tolbert's classic book, A Bowl of Red . Written by the late Dallas newspaper columnist and author, A Bowl of Red is an entertaining history of the peppery cowboy cuisine. This new printing of the book is based on Tolbert's 1972 revised edition, in which he describes the founding of the World Championship Chili Cookoff, now held annually in the ghost town of Terlingua, Texas. Hallie Stillwell was one of the ...
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Big Bend resident rancher Hallie Stillwell has added her voice and favorite chili recipe to her friend Frank X. Tolbert's classic book, A Bowl of Red . Written by the late Dallas newspaper columnist and author, A Bowl of Red is an entertaining history of the peppery cowboy cuisine. This new printing of the book is based on Tolbert's 1972 revised edition, in which he describes the founding of the World Championship Chili Cookoff, now held annually in the ghost town of Terlingua, Texas. Hallie Stillwell was one of the three judges at the first Terlingua cookoff, held in 1967. "We were blindfolded to sample the chili," the ninety-six-year-old writer/rancher says in her foreword. She voted for one of the milder concoctions; another judge cast his vote for a hotter version. The third judge, who was mayor of Terlingua, sampled each pot but then pronounced his taste buds paralyzed and declared the contest a tie. There's been a "rematch" in Terlingua every November since then. "I have never failed to attend," Stillwell says. Stillwell's recipe for lean venison chili is her favorite, one she prepared in large quantities for the hungry hands at the Stillwell Ranch in the Big Bend. This new printing of the classic also features an index to other recipes in the book, such as "Beto's prison chili" and chili verde con carne (green chili). The book also includes Tolbert's tales of searching out the best cooks of Southwestern specialties like rattlesnake "stew" and jalape???o corn bread.
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Frank Tolbert was one of the first contestants in a chili cookoff--and his book is full of chili lore and legend; for instance, his treatment of Mary of Agreda/Lady in Blue is even-handed and informative without going overboard either in enthusiasm or skepticism. A great book about a hot subject!!!!!
denofearth
May 14, 2009
Local Chili Insights
A quirky little book crammed full of Texas chili history, tradition and even some legendary recipes. Texas crude at its best. It?s one interesting chapter after another, with local southwestern lore on nearly every page, written by someone who was there. I highly recommend it to those even remotely interested in chili.
marksmithgold@hotmail.com
May 7, 2009
Classic on the subject
As a person that collects Cookbooks including ones related to Chili I found this book to be the "Classic" it is purported to be. The book is filled with tongue-in-cheek historical information and background from the "old school" players from a man that would know.
Would recommend this book to anyone that loves the history of cooking and especially anyone with a serious interest in the history of Chili and the people that have made it legend.
I look it over on a regular basis and find it more interesting each time.
