Product Description: A comprehensive guide to the use of hot spices in international cuisineDave DeWitt and Nancy Gerlach’s book is clearly a work of dedication and passion!” —Deborah MadisonEven the most creative cooks sometimes need to spice up their menus, and there’s nothing like a fiery flavor to add a kick to ho-hum cuisine...read more

A guide to using spicy flavors for the creative enhancement of everyday cuisine features more than 250 international recipes inspired by a variety of cultures, in a volume complemented by historical information, purchasing tips, and dish combination recommendations. 30,000 first printing.

Pompano tamales. Shrimp enchiladas. Candied sweet papaya. These are some of the foods whose recipes reside in the pages of Nancy and Jeffrey Gerlach's Foods of the Maya. The authors have spent years traveling throughout Mexico, familiarizing themselves with the cultures and cuisines of the people they have encountered. They created this cookbook to bring the flavors of the Yucatán to tables north of the border.In an easy-to-follow format, Foods of the Maya provides handy background and travel information about the region and some of its ruins before dipping into the ninety-one recipes included here, organized according to meal course. There are recipes that will suit most everyone's palate, from sauces and salsas to soups and sausages; from vegetarian and meat appetizers and main dishes to simple drinks and desserts. Each section begins with a brief description of the course and the types of food involved. The recipes are clear and easy to understand--one need not be a trained chef with a vast kitchen to create a tasty Yucatecan meal.Foods of the Maya incorporates an array of cooking tips and techniques and a brief glossary of terms to help in food preparation--the authors have ensured that ingredients for their recipes are readily available at local food stores. This edition also includes an introduction by historian Jeffrey Pilcher which helps familiarize readers with the history and cultures of the Yucatán peninsula. So the next time you get a hankering for something different, you might consider cooking up a platter of Yucatán ribs or preparing a bowl of chayote pudding. Take a short trip to the Yucatán--without leaving your kitchen. (view table of contents)

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Product Description: Each book in the "Periplus World Cookbooks" series contains 60 to 90 classic recipes from an exotic corner of the globe, and every recipe is illustrated in full-page colour photographs. This volume presents step-by-step instructions for recipes from Santa Fe, with tips for preparations in Western kitchens...read more

Product Description: Get acquainted with one of the most distinctive flavors the chile world has to offer: the fruity, hot habanero. This die-cut little book offers approximately thirty recipes, from the basics (Essential Habanero Hot Sauce) to the unexpected (Creole Peanut Soup-a West African-influenced treat with habaneros, peanut butter, tomatoes, and coconut milk)...read more

Product Description: Over seventy spicy recipes with a heat scale rating for each. Try Wild Guacamole, Clams Caliente, Fiery Fajitas, Quesadillas Bravas, and Peppery Peanut Sauce.

Provides a history and description of the hottest peppers in the world and offers a collection of more than one hundred fiery recipes

The editors of Chile Pepper magazine present a wide variety of recipes for southwestern style dishes, including salads, salsas, soups, stews, seafood, beef, chicken, cheese dishes, appetizers, and desserts

Gathers spicy international recipes for appetizers, meat, poultry, seafood, salads, vegetables, soups, stews, and sauces

Discusses the identification, cultivation, preservation, and culinary history of chile peppers and features recipes for stews, soups, casseroles, and entrees

Discusses the history of hot spices, including pepper, horseradish, ginger, mustard, and chili peppers and shares recipes for spicy appetizers, salads, soups, sauces, meat, poultry, seafood, eggs, pasta, and vegetable dishes

Gathers recipes for a variety of meat, vegetable, seafood, cheese, egg, and pasta dishes containing ginger, tabasco, pepper, curry, and other hot spices