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![mypapernow > Devin Davis and his award-winning collard green chili. The Second Annual Chili Cook-Off Cat the 2009 Hillsborough County Fair featured two divisions: an open division (for adults) and a youth division. Davis, an eighth-grader at Seffner Christian Academy, insisted, however, that he enter the open competition, in which he took home the top prize for best chili.
He first came up with his recipe about a year ago. "I was going to enter a contest at my school but they cancelled it." So, Davis added, "I had a great recipe to go." His chili contained four types of beans: white chili, black, and kidney. As for why he used collard greens, Davis said he can't tell you. "It just came to my mind," he said. "I don't really have a reason for it."
"He tells me what [ingredients] he wants [to use] and I try to change his mind," said Tina Davis, with her son, the award-winning chef Devin Davis, 13. "He says, 'Mom,' and I say, "Okay, try it your way.' Then, I clean the kitchen."
Davis said he comes from an Italian family that loves to cook. His influences are his mother and his grandmother, Diane Yates. His sister, Kaitlyn, is known for her baking.
Should this family open a restaurant, maybe? "We want to," said Tina Davis. "It's what we're working on."](/img/spacer.gif "mypapernow > Devin Davis and his award-winning collard green chili. The Second Annual Chili Cook-Off Cat the 2009 Hillsborough County Fair featured two divisions: an open division (for adults) and a youth division. Davis, an eighth-grader at Seffner Christian Academy, insisted, however, that he enter the open competition, in which he took home the top prize for best chili.
He first came up with his recipe about a year ago. \"I was going to enter a contest at my school but they cancelled it.\" So, Davis added, \"I had a great recipe to go.\" His chili contained four types of beans: white chili, black, and kidney. As for why he used collard greens, Davis said he can't tell you. \"It just came to my mind,\" he said. \"I don't really have a reason for it.\"
\"He tells me what [ingredients] he wants [to use] and I try to change his mind,\" said Tina Davis, with her son, the award-winning chef Devin Davis, 13. \"He says, 'Mom,' and I say, \"Okay, try it your way.' Then, I clean the kitchen.\"
Davis said he comes from an Italian family that loves to cook. His influences are his mother and his grandmother, Diane Yates. His sister, Kaitlyn, is known for her baking.
Should this family open a restaurant, maybe? \"We want to,\" said Tina Davis. \"It's what we're working on.\"")
Devin Davis and his award-winning collard green chili. The Second Annual Chili Cook-Off Cat the 2009 Hillsborough County Fair featured two divisions: an open division (for adults) and a youth division. Davis, an eighth-grader at Seffner Christian Academy, insisted, however, that he enter the open competition, in which he took home the top prize for best chili.
He first came up with his recipe about a year ago. "I was going to enter a contest at my school but they cancelled it." So, Davis added, "I had a great recipe to go." His chili contained four types of beans: white chili, black, and kidney. As for why he used collard greens, Davis said he can't tell you. "It just came to my mind," he said. "I don't really have a reason for it."
"He tells me what [ingredients] he wants [to use] and I try to change his mind," said Tina Davis, with her son, the award-winning chef Devin Davis, 13. "He says, 'Mom,' and I say, "Okay, try it your way.' Then, I clean the kitchen."
Davis said he comes from an Italian family that loves to cook. His influences are his mother and his grandmother, Diane Yates. His sister, Kaitlyn, is known for her baking.
Should this family open a restaurant, maybe? "We want to," said Tina Davis. "It's what we're working on."
He first came up with his recipe about a year ago. "I was going to enter a contest at my school but they cancelled it." So, Davis added, "I had a great recipe to go." His chili contained four types of beans: white chili, black, and kidney. As for why he used collard greens, Davis said he can't tell you. "It just came to my mind," he said. "I don't really have a reason for it."
"He tells me what [ingredients] he wants [to use] and I try to change his mind," said Tina Davis, with her son, the award-winning chef Devin Davis, 13. "He says, 'Mom,' and I say, "Okay, try it your way.' Then, I clean the kitchen."
Davis said he comes from an Italian family that loves to cook. His influences are his mother and his grandmother, Diane Yates. His sister, Kaitlyn, is known for her baking.
Should this family open a restaurant, maybe? "We want to," said Tina Davis. "It's what we're working on."
Devin Davis and his award-winning collard green chili. The Second Annual Chili Cook-Off Cat the 2009 Hillsborough County Fair featured two divisions: an open division (for adults) and a youth division. Davis, an eighth-grader at Seffner Christian Academy, insisted, however, that he enter the open competition, in which he took home the top prize for best chili.
He first came up with his recipe about a year ago. "I was going to enter a contest at my school but they cancelled it." So, Davis added, "I had a great recipe to go." His chili contained four types of beans: white chili, black, and kidney. As for why he used collard greens, Davis said he can't tell you. "It just came to my mind," he said. "I don't really have a reason for it."
"He tells me what [ingredients] he wants [to use] and I try to change his mind," said Tina Davis, with her son, the award-winning chef Devin Davis, 13. "He says, 'Mom,' and I say, "Okay, try it your way.' Then, I clean the kitchen."
Davis said he comes from an Italian family that loves to cook. His influences are his mother and his grandmother, Diane Yates. His sister, Kaitlyn, is known for her baking.
Should this family open a restaurant, maybe? "We want to," said Tina Davis. "It's what we're working on."
He first came up with his recipe about a year ago. "I was going to enter a contest at my school but they cancelled it." So, Davis added, "I had a great recipe to go." His chili contained four types of beans: white chili, black, and kidney. As for why he used collard greens, Davis said he can't tell you. "It just came to my mind," he said. "I don't really have a reason for it."
"He tells me what [ingredients] he wants [to use] and I try to change his mind," said Tina Davis, with her son, the award-winning chef Devin Davis, 13. "He says, 'Mom,' and I say, "Okay, try it your way.' Then, I clean the kitchen."
Davis said he comes from an Italian family that loves to cook. His influences are his mother and his grandmother, Diane Yates. His sister, Kaitlyn, is known for her baking.
Should this family open a restaurant, maybe? "We want to," said Tina Davis. "It's what we're working on."
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