“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 ...

New festivities are set to spice up the iconic and annual Hanover Chili Cook Off, and organizers of the cook-off are looking for volunteers and donors to help make things run as smooth as hot sauce.

Sharpsburg Community Library’s Robert “Snakeguy” Habegger Chili Cook-off has a new champ. Ben Maffei of Shaler and his sweet and spicy smoked brisket barbeque chili delighted the taste buds of about ...