This is Mama Miche, and today in the magic kitchen: Chili!

Fuck, yes! We are starting the Fall Soup series with a perennial favorite.

I love chili! Honestly, I have a history of overeating it because I love it so much. I really loved the way my Momster made it, but, like everything else she cooked, there was no written recipe. I do my best to replicate it and now provide a recipe complete with a list of ingredients and measurements. But you might like it spicier or not as spicy. Make adjustments. You might like it with lots of beans or no beans, your choice, friends.

If you have seen my recipe and video for my “Momster’s Classic Marinara Sauce” then you will notice that this recipe is similar, but if you haven’t seen it, fear not because all you need to know to make a delicious and easy meat sauce is right here.

It’s a beautiful thing unto itself and it’s the beginning of so many other recipes to build on. This is not a traditionally Italian approach. It’s traditionally my Jewish Momster’s approach combined with years of making it myself. Having developed the twice stolen spice makes every Italian dish I make even better.