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The Great Chili Confrontation: A Dramatic History of the Decade's Most Impassioned Culinary Embroilment (With Recipes)
First edition in dust jacket, collectible Texana
Great dust jacket illustration by Carl Smith is two bad hombres dueling with forks and spoons
Humorous, true story of first world chili cookout in Terlingua, Texas in 1967
Author was one of two competitors
Famous chili cook Wick Fowler, to whom the author dedicated this book, was the other
H Allen Smith was a journalist, humor writer and chili lover
He happened to live in New York and an article he wrote on chili sparked the competition
Competition grew into "who knows more about chili - New York or Texas?"
Today, the competition draws thousands from all over the world
Book is a pleasure to read and contains local history, anecdotes and recipes
A great addition to a library of writing on Texas or cooking
From the personal library of J. Carl Hertzog, the father of Texas fine press printing. The bookplate that Hertzog designed for himself is in the front. #1049 in Sloan's The Library and Work of Carl Hertzog: Printer at the Pass

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