Chile Peppers, Dave DeWitt
Chile Peppers, Dave DeWitt
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Chile Peppers
A Global History

Author: Dave DeWitt

Narrator: Gary Tiedemann

Unabridged: 13 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/16/2021

Categories: Nonfiction, Cooking


Synopsis

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, Mayans, 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.

About Dave DeWitt

Dave DeWitt is a food historian and one of the foremost authorities in the world on chile peppers, spices, and spicy foods. He has published more than fifty books, including Precious Cargo: How Foods from the Americas Changed the World, which won the IACP Award for Best Culinary History. DeWitt is also the producer of the National Fiery Foods & Barbecue Show in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as well as the founder of the Scovie Awards, which recognize the best fiery foods and barbecue products in the world.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Migdalia on October 05, 2020

For chile-heads everywhere- this book has it all, mixing history, culture, science, and recipes. It also boasts lots of gorgeous, bright pictures. I liked how multicultural this book was. After tracing it's roots in the America's, the author highlights chile cultures and cuisines around the world. I......more

Goodreads review by Tyler on June 20, 2024

This entire book was a slog. You would be better off reading the wikipedia if you want the history of chiles. The one thing that made it extra unbearable was the ham-fisted editing. There are so many redundancies and errors. It is clear that most of the info is just a mash up of collected articles......more

Goodreads review by Emily on April 29, 2021

The author is very involved with chile peppers and has so much knowledge, but I did not like the format of the book. He has chapters based on parts of the world, but spends a lot of time describing him and his wife eating at restaurants and hotels, or talking about food contests he judged. These des......more

Goodreads review by Jakearneson on March 03, 2023

There is some good information in this book but way too much is spent on travel, and glitzy hotels etc......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on May 21, 2021

This book at times seemed to be a list of different kinds of peppers and the places that they were grown. It was too broad and blended together a lot. It had some interesting passages but uneven.......more