A World of Curries 1994. A World of Curries. Food history/cookbook. Boston: Little, Brown & Co. With Arthur Pais. This was a noble effort to combine food history and cooking, but the book was at least a decade ahead of its time and did not sell well. A collection of recipes that represent the full range of curry dishes features … Read More
The Habanero Cookbook
The Habanero Cookbook 1995. The Habanero Cookbook. Cookbook. Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press. With Nancy Gerlach. The first book on superhot peppers was very popular, and this title was four-color all the way though. Habaneros are the hottest of chiles, providing the most flexible of flavors if one learns the proper way to cook with them. This book describes how … Read More
The Hot Sauce Bible
The Hot Sauce Bible 1996 The Hot Sauce Bible. History/cookbook. Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press. With Chuck Evans. One of the first books on hot sauce, this title sold about 40,000 copies. This year was a big year for me with three books published. A must-have cookbook for every red-hot lover of spicy food, The Hot Sauce Bible is packed … Read More
Peppers of the World
Peppers of the World 1996. Peppers of the World: An Identification Guide. Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press. With Paul Bosland. The very first field guide to chile pepper identification, it was the standard book on the subject until the publication of The Complete Chile Pepper Book. With Dave DeWitt and Paul W. Bosland’s first book, The Pepper Garden, chile pepper … Read More
Hot & Spicy Mexican
Hot & Spicy Mexican 1996. Hot & Spicy Mexican. Cookbook. Rocklin, CA: Prima Publishing. With Mary Jane Wilan and Melissa T. Stock. With coauthors, I wrote eight books in the Hot & Spicy series for Prima Publishing. This was the best one—but not the best selling one, which was Hot & Spicy & Meatless. Mexico grows more varieties of chilies … Read More