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Author DeWitt, Dave, author.

Title Chile peppers : a global history / Dave DeWitt
Published Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 354 pages) : color illustrations
Contents The domestication of the wild chile -- New world chile cuisines, part 1: the Caribbean -- New world chile cuisines, part 2: Latin America -- The spicy US states -- Paprika and Europe -- Africa loves the bird's eye -- The country of curries -- Record heat in Asia -- Hot means healthy -- Chiles become legendary
Summary "For more than ten thousand years, humans have been fascinated by a seemingly innocuous plant with bright-colored fruits that bite back when bitten. Ancient New World cultures from Mexico to South America combined these pungent pods with every conceivable meat and vegetable, as evident from archaeological finds, Indian artifacts, botanical observations, and studies of the cooking methods of the modern descendants of the Incas, Mayas, and Aztecs. In Chile Peppers: A Global History, Dave DeWitt, a world expert on chiles, travels from New Mexico across the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia chronicling the history, mystery, and mythology of chiles around the world and their abundant uses in seventy mouth-tingling recipes"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 08, 2020)
Subject Hot peppers -- History
Cooking (Hot peppers)
Fruit.
Specific Ingredients.
COOKING.
Cooking (Hot peppers)
Hot peppers
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020008832
ISBN 9780826361813
0826361811