The Chile Pepper Encyclopedia by Dave Dewitt

The Chile Pepper Encyclopedia by Dave Dewitt

The Chile Pepper Encyclopedia has the answer to just about any question one could ask about chile peppers. Which chiles are the hottest? What country did the first chile plants come from? What popular brand of dandruff shampoo is made with chile peppers? Can chiles really be used to cure headaches? Even the most devoted chile-heads will be satisfied. The encyclopedia is researched and written by Dave Dewitt, the country's foremost expert on hot and spicy foods and longtime editor-in-chief of Chile Pepper magazine.

In addition to entries on chile species, culture, terminology, and agriculture, the encyclopedia includes more than one hundred fiery recipes like Madras Fried Chile Fritters from India and Jamaican Jerk Chicken Wings are sure to please any hot-and-spicy food lover. Black and white drawings and photographs, charts, and graphs appear throughout, and an eight page insert includes color photographs of dozens of varieties of chiles, invaluable for identification. The Chile Pepper Encyclopedia is an indispensable sourcebook for chile aficionados, gardeners, cooks, and anyone else who has a burning interest in fiery foods.

Dave DeWitt is a food historian and one of the foremost authorities in the world on chile peppers, spices, and spicy foods. He has more than forty-five published books to his credit. Dave is also the producer of the National Fiery Foods & Barbecue Show, the trade/consumer show for the multi-billion dollar Fiery Foods and Barbecue industries, now in its thirtieth year. Education: --B.A. University of Virginia, 1966 --M.A. University of Richmond, 1967 Professional Affiliations: --President and CEO, Sunbelt Shows, Inc. --Founding Board Member, The Chile Pepper Institute, New Mexico State University --Chair, Governing Board of Regents, New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum, Las Cruces --Associate Professor, Adjunct Faculty, College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces Current Responsibilities: --Producer, National Fiery Foods & Barbecue Show, now in its 25th year --Producer, Scovie Awards Competition, a contest for hot & spicy and BBQ products --Publisher and editor, the Fiery Foods & BBQ SuperSite at www.fiery-foods.com --Publisher, Burn! Blog Museum Projects: Curator, Edward S. Curtis in New Mexico, Albuquerque Museum, 1984 Media Appearances: Dave has appeared on a number of national TV shows, including American Journal, CNN, The Today Show, Home with Gary Collins, Scientific American Frontiers, Smart Solutions, CBS Sunday Morning, Mythbusters, Extreme Conventions (Travel Channel), the Martha Stewart Show and many appearances on The Food Network. He has also been featured in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, American Way, Smithsonian, and in more than two hundred newspapers across the country. Awards: 2011. Winner, Best Cooking Book, New Mexico Book Awards, for The Southwest Table (tie). 2011. Winner, Best Cooking Book, New Mexico Book Awards, for 1001 Best Hot & Spicy Recipes 2015. Winner, Best Culinary History, IACP Awards, for Precious Cargo: How Foods From the Americas Changed the World. 2015. Winner, Best Business Book, New Mexico Book Awards, for Microfarming for Profit. 2016. Winner, Best History Book, Other, New Mexico Book Awards for, Precious Cargo: How Foods from the Americas Changed the World. 2016. Winner, Best Cookbook, New Mexico Book Awards, for Dishing Up New Mexico. 2016. Winner, Best Gardening Book, New Mexico Book Awards, for The Field Guide to Peppers.

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ISBN 13	9780688156114
ISBN 10	0688156118
Title	The Chile Pepper Encyclopedia
Author	Dave Dewitt
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Year published	1999-03-17
Number of pages	352
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