Includes index.

A collection of 150 recipes gathered from around the world, combining the tastes and techniques from different cuisines, and incorporating the most fiery as well as the more subtlly spiced flavors. By skillfully layering ingredients such as slow-burn ginger, explosive jalepeno and tempering lemongrass, these recipes use chilies and other firey spices to add interest, and not just fire, to aromatic, perfectly-balanced dishes.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-212) and indexes.

The Complete Book of Hot #38; Spicy Asian Cooking is a wonderful guide to the incredible variety of chili peppers and Asian herbs and spices used to create the luscious, highly sought-after flavors of Eastern cuisine. Whether you are a lover of hot, fiery flavors or of more subtle, tangy aromas, this book provides recipes for everyone from Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, Burma and Indonesia, among others. Also included are instructions for storage of spices and guidelines for making your own curry pastes, salsas and relishes. The chilies, herbs and spices used in this book can be added, subtracted or substituted to suit individual hot and spicy tastes. Covering everything from appetizers to meat, soups to vegetables, desserts to drinks, The Complete Book of Hot #38; Spicy Asian Cooking shows just how easy it is to prepare and cook traditional hot and spicy foods.

In this bold new book, author Heidi Allison shares with readers the diet she developed that helped her effortlessly lose 90 pounds while eating tasty foods in satisfying portions. Allison provides solutions to the drawbacks of conventional diets by addressing a variety of health benefits related to chilies.

From using fresh chiles to canning, freezing, drying, smoking, and pickling, this handy reference covers virtually everything that can be done with fresh chiles and provides 75 recipes for superb and spicy dishes.

The connoisseur's guide to gourmet recipes and the perfect mouth scorching bowl, this cookbook contains over 30 different ways of making chili in full-color illustrations.

What better icon is there for American cuisine than a Steaming, hearty, delicious bowl of chili? Rich with beans and grains it can be a full meal, or it can showcase the vegetable medley of a garden's harvest. However you like it, there's a chili recipe to match your every whim and passion-just don't forget the chiles! Whether You'd rather have just a mild kick or a full-blown chile explosion, enjoy the wonderful range of flavors that chiles have. And benefit from the healthful aspects of chiles, from their vitamin C and A content to their ability to aid digestion and purify the blood, not to mention clear your sinuses!