Peanut-Butter Chili Kills Woman

An award-winning restaurant chili thickened with a secret ingredient--peanut butter--triggered an allergic reaction that killed a Brown University student-athlete, an autopsy revealed today.

Katherine Brodsky, 18, of New York City had a known allergy to peanuts but was apparently unaware that the chili she ate on Feb. 18 at a popular college eatery contained peanut butter. Brodsky went into shock after swallowing two spoonfuls of the chili and died 90 minutes later at Miriam Hospital in Providence.