National Chili Day

Well, today is National Chili Day! As I've said in the past, I don't make this stuff up. There really is a day devoted to this yummy belly-filler. Looking around the web I see that I am not the only chili lover. The International Chili Society has a great webpage. The history of chili is a unknown, but who cares about the past when you can have some now! Check out some of the recipes I found:

• ICS Cooks Corner: includes the "best chili of the year" and its corresponding recipe back to 1967
• Tabasco Company's chili recipes
• Food Blog Search

I am really jonesing for chili now. If I've made you hungry, you just might be in luck if you live in DC, Virginia or Maryland. Hard Times Cafe is giving away free bowls of chili today.