Chili is a classic spicy stew made with chili peppers, ground meat, beans and tomatoes. It is believed that the immigrants from the Canary Islands first introduced the dish to the U.S while they ...

Though Baumgartner does a lot of cooking at home, he’d never made chili before filming the chili scene for “The Office” in 2009 during its fifth season.

“It was like, well, you’re not escaping this, we might as well embrace it,” he said. That includes chili. He has developed a serious passion for chili, so much so that on Sept. 13 he ...