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The Whole Chile Pepper Book
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.6384
EAN: 9780316182232
Edition: 1st ed
ISBN: 0316182230
Label: Little, Brown
Manufacturer: Little, Brown
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 373
Publication Date: September 19, 1990
Publisher: Little, Brown
Studio: Little, Brown
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Chiles, Chiles, Chiles!
Wow! These chiles are HOT! An excellent, well researched
piece of work. I especially enjoyed the detailed ethno-botanical
portions, and the histories of how the use of chiles evolved
throughout the world. Great recipes too!
Rating:  - Not as extensive as I thought it'd be...
This book includes a short history of the chile pepper, 4 pages of color photos, and about 180 recipes. It doesn't include much about growing peppers or explain their basic uses (other than as part of recipes). While it includes a few pages of color photos, all other photos in the book are black and white.
The history of the pepper, while sometimes interesting, wasn't as inclusive as I thought it would be. Basically, it explains how the pepper moved from area to area and how the local ... Read More
Rating:  - The Whole Chili Pepper Book
Lots of good info. Everything from history to growing to cooking with chilies.
Rating: - Very good book!
That's a great book! Full of information on every aspect of the 'Burning Way' of peppers. A lot about planting & growing them, a lot of recipes... Cultural history and diffusion all over the world is also great! Only one thing: a full list of peppers and how to recognize them is missing... only the most important varieties are described!
Rating: - Not as comprehensive as I would have liked.....
Basically, THE WHOLE CHILE PEPPER BOOK, by DeWitt and Gerlach includes a history of the chile (how it left the New World and conquered the Old World) four colorful pages of photos of various chile peppers, and lots and lots of exotic recipes. I bought this book thinking it would include much more detail on raising peppers in the garden than Rosilind Creasy's book THE EDIBLE PEPPER GARDEN, but for my purposes it is not as useful. I don't really need more recipes, I need a book that shows me photos ... Read More
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