The Peppers Cookbook: 200 Recipes from the Pepper Lady's Kitchen - Softcover

Andrews, Jean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1574411934 ISBN 13: 9781574411935

Publisher: University of North Texas Press, 2005

Synopsis

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 some typical ingredients that are 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.

About this title

About the Author

Known internationally as the "Pepper Lady" since the publication of her book Peppers: The Domesticated Capsicums, Jean Andrews was 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 was the author and illustrator of thirteen books, as well as numerous articles on peppers, wildflowers and shells. She lived in Austin, Texas.




Jerry Anne DiVecchio 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.

Reviews

Baked, smoked, broiled, stuffed, pureed, or ground into powder, peppers (or capsicums) are rich in vitamins and flavor. Andrews, the author of two previous books on the subject, knows their every variety. She introduces and differentiates among 18 here, identifying their characteristics and giving some background context in thorough preliminary chapters that whet the appetite for the 200 recipes that follow. A Texan, Andrews readily admits her bias for regional cookery, but she includes dishes from European, Southeast Asian, and African cuisines that use peppers in various forms. A glossary of ingredients (brand names) and cooking terms heads the book, which is organized roughly by course--appetizers, main dishes, side dishes, and, yes, even a small selection of desserts (though her flan doesn't seem to have pepper) to tantalize and fire up the taste buds . . . as one prefers. Stephanie Zvirin
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Edition details

• Publisher: University of North Texas Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1574411934
• ISBN 13: 9781574411935
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240