Review: Lots of "Yum' Here
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 5, 2013
When I think of chili I think of hamburger, kidney beans, tomato chunks and red chili powder based goodness.  The Circle of Friends Cookbook: 25 Chili Recipes, showed me some easy to make variations like The Great Pumpkin Chili and Garlicky Green Chili, that I never would have considered before reading this book.Some of the recipes are just slight variations on the basic recipe and nothing really 'new', but all very tasty and easy to make. Vegetarian options and a 'Kid-Friendly' option are all in this cookbook.  Anyone could follow these simple recipes and come out with great tasting results.Variations of cooking methods like Dutch oven, stovetop and slow cooker are also ways that these recipes change it up.No photos in this cookbook, but I'm not sure that it would add that much to the book if there was so it's not a big deal.  The bottom line on this one is that it's a great book for adding variation to your chili offerings, with simple directions that anyone can follow.