Award-winner Jean Andrews has been called "the first lady of chili 
peppers" and her own registered trademark, "The Pepper Lady." She 
now follows up on the success of her earlier books, Peppers: The 
Domesticated Capsicums and The Pepper Trail, with a new collection 
of more than two hundred recipes for pepper lovers everywhere. 
Andrews begins with how to select peppers (with an illustrated 
glossary provided), how to store and peel them, and how to utilize 
various cooking techniques to unlock their flavors. A chapter on 
typical ingredients used in pepper recipes will be a boon for the 
harried cook. The Peppers Cookbook also features a section on 
nutrition and two indexes, one by recipe and one by pepper type, for 
those searching for a recipe to use specific peppers found in the 
market.

    The majority of the book contains new recipes along with the best 
recipes from her award-winning Pepper Trail book. The mouth-
watering recipes herein range from appetizers to main courses, 
sauces, and desserts, including Roasted Red Pepper Dip, Creamy 
Pepper and Tomato Soup, Jicama and Pepper Salad, Chipotle-
Portabella Tartlets, Green Corn Tamale Pie, Anatolian Stew, South 
Texas Turkey with Tamale Dressing, Shrimp Amal, Couscous-Stuffed 
Eggplant, and Creamy Serrano Dressing.

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JEAN ANDREWS is the author of The Pepper Trail: History and 
Recipes from Around the World, the winner of the 2001 Jane Grigson 
Award recognizing distinguished scholarship and presented by the 
International Association of Culinary Professionals. She is a 
distinguished alumna from the University of North Texas, where she 
received her Ph.D., and from the University of Texas at Austin, where 
she received a B.S. and was also named to the Hall of Honor of the 
College of Natural Sciences. Named to Who's Who in Food and Wine 
in Texas, Andrews also is author and illustrator of thirteen books, 
including American Wildflower Florilegium. She lives in Austin, Texas. 
JERRY ANNE DI VECCHIO is the former Food and Wine Editor for 
Sunset Magazine. She has held positions in the American Institute 
of Wine & Food and the International Association of Culinary 
Professionals.


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What people are saying about this book

"This is a fun cookbook—many of the recipes look quite tantalizing. 
One of its strengths is the section explaining how to handle, store,
peel, and cook peppers, all very helpful information."—William Woys 
Weaver, winner of three Julia Child Cookbook Awards