CHILI LOVERS PLEASE PALATES AT COMPETITION.Byline: Don Holland Daily News Staff Writer The art of chili was in all its splendor Sunday as aficionados from around Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, went palate to palate at the scenic Paramount Ranch for the first Agoura Chili Cook-off. The sanctioned competition drew 10 seasoned chili cooks, including Joseph Barrett, a nine-year veteran of chili competitions and the reigning champion chili cook of Mexico. Barrett, a retired Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County sheriff's sergeant, and his wife, Marilee, take the business of chili very seriously. The couple from Lake Arrowhead Lake Arrowhead may refer to:
``There's a lot of social life here,'' Barrett said as he and his wife prepared ingredients. ``We know a lot of the cooks. We can go anywhere in the country and we'll know somebody in the cook-off.'' Marilee Barrett, who has twice taken the Montana state championship, added that the prestige of winning the world chili championship is also a factor. Dave Thomas of Point Mugu draws from his ready repertoire of one-liners as he serves up tiny cups of his blend. ``This stuff is so good, it might be outlawed,'' quipped Thomas, who works at Moorpark College Moorpark College is a California-state funded community college located on a 134 acre (542,000 m²) property reclining on a hill in Moorpark, a town in Ventura County, California. . ``It's almost as good as mom's,'' he tells one chili lover. ``But I don't like to compete with mom.'' Chili judge Don Leach said he and his fellow tasters look for a ``perfect blend of spices where you can't distinguish one spice from another. We want to see the vegetables cooked down and become part of the sauce.'' According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. some experts, many California chili judges tend to favor a smooth, mild chili with an extra dash of cumin cumin or cummin (both: kŭm`ĭn), low annual herb (Cuminum cyminum) of the family Umbelliferae (parsley family), long cultivated in the Old World for the aromatic seedlike fruits. . In New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , they like their chili hot, while Tennessee judges favor a sweeter, almost barbecue flavor. Because Sunday's event was sanctioned by the International Chili Society in Newport Beach Newport Beach, residential and resort city (1990 pop. 66,643), Orange co., S Calif., on Newport Bay and the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1906. It is a popular seaside resort and yachting center. Manufactures include electrical and medical equipment, computers, boats, and adhesives. , the winner will be eligible to compete with 60 to 70 other chili winners in the world semifinal competition in Las Vegas on Oct. 9. Five semifinalists will then join more than 200 state and regional winners in the finals the next day. Prizes range from $25,000 for first place to $500 for fifth. A portion of the proceeds from Sunday's cook-off will go to the Agoura Chamber of Commerce and Oak Park and Agoura high schools, said organizer Diana Malmquist, the chamber's marketing director. ``I'm really looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. this first-time event to be successful in terms of everybody having a good time. Families enjoy themselves and will want to come back next year,'' she said. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1--Color in Simi and Conejo Editions only) Shielded from the sun by a straw hat, Jason Raab samples chili during a cook-off held Sunday in Agoura Hills. (2) (Ran in Conejo and SAC Editions only) Conor Patrick of Simi Valley cools down during the cook-off with his mom's aid. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News |
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