The chili cook-off featured six cash prizes: Best Decorated Booth ... the stage huddling under trees erupted in applause for the winners and participants that fed them all day.

“Chili is a largely a state of mind,” wrote Bill Bridges in “The Great American Chili Book,” and nowhere is that truer than in the spicy world of chili cook-offs, where a champion’s ...

The Skagit Valley Food Co-op is open 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily at 202 S. 1st St. in Mount Vernon. Rockfish Grill is open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday and Sunday through Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Get ready to spice up your weekend with the inaugural Great Lakes Beer Festival Chili Cook-off on Saturday ... will have a say in crowning the winner. There will also be homemade chili available ...