“Chili is a largely a state of mind,” wrote Bill Bridges in “The Great American Chili Book,” and nowhere is that truer than in the spicy world of chili cook-offs, where a champion’s mindset — along ...

This Saturday, nearly three dozen teams will try to prove that they are the best chili cooks in the land during the 39th ...

This week in food news: local restaurants feature Negroni Week specials through Saturday, an exhibit and talk on cookbooks through the ages, a chili cookoff seeks contenders, and restaurant openings ...