I tossed on a jacket and boots the first day that the temperature briefly dipped under 65 degrees here in Louisville, Ky. Then I made my way to Toasty’s Tavern, an easy-going neighborhood bar, where I ...

People love a good bowl of homemade chili, and most of us who make it at home use a special blend of spices called chili powder — ground chili pepper often mixed with cumin, onion, garlic and salt — ...

Reminders of my early attempts at preparing homemade chili are recorded on the pages of my Chasen’s Chili recipe, clipped from some long-ago ’70s source. Rust-red splatters of chili powder-spiked ...