Chile Peppers
A Global History

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

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

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

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

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