North Texas Red is a recipe I got from a native Texan who is now a Zen priest who runs the Cedar Rapids Zen Center. It is the best full-flavored chili I've ever had the pleasure to eat and a heck of a lot of fun to make! I admit my breadth of experience with good chili is limited, so if you have a better recipe (you have to try North Texas Red first before making the claim) send the recipe or a link to it & I'll try it and post a review here. Don't bother sending any of those pathetic recipes for chili with onions/ beans/tomatoes — those just don't cut it.

The Burrito recipe is one I got out of a cookbook I saw while visiting Santa Fe a number of years ago. It's not a spectacular recipe or anything, but it's impossible to find burritos with green chile sauce in Minnesota (if you know a place, I beg you to tell me where). You have to have some decent green chiles (which are also almost impossible to find here, too), so order a bunch of frozen from one of the suppliers in Hatch, NM you can find on the web. Get at least the medium-hot or you're cheating.