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...most familiar bordello in the U.S. has been out of business since 1973. But now La Grange (pop. 3,768) is clucking over plans by Houston Contractor Todd Hoffman to erect a museum on the site and hold a "Chicken Fest," featuring big-name entertainers and a barbecue cookoff with a $40,000 first prize. Mayor Charlie Jungmichel has called Hoffman's proposal a "slap in the face to the people of our county. I think our morals are better than that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Texas: A Piece of The Old West | 2/9/1987 | See Source »

Midwest Correspondent Barry Hillenbrand, whose reporting included attending a "cookoff' in Evanston, Ill., says he is now "hard into an effort to offset the damage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Dec. 19, 1977 | 12/19/1977 | See Source »

...like mixing cognac and Dr. Pepper." In fact, the simplest recipe proved best in the view of a panel of judges that included Actors Ernest Borgnine, William Conrad and McCulloch Oil President C.V. Wood, retired, undefeated world chili champ. Joe DeFrates, 67, of Springfield, Ill., winner of the California cookoff, concocted his "horse-and-buggy" chili from lean beef, peppers and his own chili powder. The Texas champion, Susie Watson of Houston, used a similar recipe, plus an arcane spice derived from pine cones. Even in Texas, none of the chili heads used the "greaseless" Pedernales River recipe favored...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Montezuma Manna | 11/17/1975 | See Source »

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