About
The Chile Underground is a meeting place for foodies who appreciate hot dishes. The Chile Doctor and his friends and family manage the site, when they’re not trying out new dishes, adding to a cookbook, or (gasp!) working.
We all have Jessica, owner of Jessica’s Cookbooks, to thank for the Chile Doctor’s obsession with recipes. (He brought his own obsession with eating to the situation.) Several years back, Jessica gave the Chile Doctor an empty binder for Christmas. The binder was artfully decorated by Jessica, with a hand-drawn invitation to her dad to “fill it up” with recipes.
Needless to say, that single, one-inch ring binder is no longer sufficient to hold the stockpile. In fact, the collection has burgeoned to over 1,600 recipes, contained in eight binders that fill a major bookshelf. And the “book” still grows weekly.
Jessica’s Mom is instrumental in this effort as well, dutifully tasting recipes and rating their quality and flavor. She chops and sorts and stirs, and does many other sous-chef duties, so the Chile Doctor can concoct his dishes without the distraction of menial details.
