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Hot Peppers: The Story of Cajuns and Capsicum (Chapel Hill Book) | 
 enlarge | Author: Richard Schweid
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 1018804
Media: Paperback
Edition: Rev Sub
Pages: 184
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 5.6 x 0.5
ISBN: 0807848263
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.3384
EAN: 9780807848265
ASIN: 0807848263
Publication Date: November 8, 1999
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Product Description
Smitten by a love of hot peppers, journalist Richard Schweid traveled to the capital of the U.S. hot sauce industry, New Iberia, Louisiana. This is Cajun country, and capsicum (as hot peppers are known botanically) thrive in the region's salty, oil-rich soil like nowhere else. At once an entertaining exploration of the history and folklore that surround hot peppers and a fascinating look at the industry built around the fiery crop, Schweid's book also offers a sympathetic portrait of a culture and a people in the midst of economic and social change.This edition of Hot Peppers has been thoroughly updated and includes some twenty-five recipes for such deliciously spicy dishes as crawfish touff e, jambalaya, and okra shrimp gumbo.
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a tabasco lover's bible October 8, 2008
Dennis York (Vancouver,WA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Hi, I have an old edition,published by the Ten Speed Press of Berkeley,CA of this book. I was curious to see if it was still in print and was happy to see that it has been re-published by UNC.
It is a great book about my favorite food additive,the one,the only,
McIlhenny Co. Tabasco Sauce. I don't know how I could eat food without Tab'! That plus even hotter sauces like Blair's Jersey Death Sauce and the other standby Tapatio.(Trappey's is also featured in this book.)
Yum!
The book also has lots of info about New Iberia and S. Louisiana/Acadiana and the Cajun culture that I never knew about.
Up here in the Pacific NW,about the only Cajun we get is Zydeco music and Cajun-styled food. I did not know hardly any of the history of Acadiana and it's people. After reading the book,Acadiana is on my list to visit.
Even though it has changed a lot from the good ol' days of genuine Cajun living. I hope there are still echoes of that detectable to a visitor.
Anyone who loves chilis and their history and Capsicum Frutescens (Tabasco pepper) in particular and want to learn about the Cajun way of life would be happy with this book.
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