There is still heated debate about the origins and when chili was created.
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Mary Claire Lagroue is the Commerce Editor at Food & Wine. A former associate editor at Allrecipes she joined Dotdash Meredith in 2019. She has been writing about food since 2017 from product reviews to recipes to restaurants. Her work can be found in Cooking Light Southern Living and more.
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