Peppers of the Americas: The Remarkable Capsicums That Forever Changed Flavor
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (725 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0399578927 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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. MARICEL PRESILLA is the chef-owner of two pan-Latin restaurants (Cucharama and Zafra) and a cooking atelier (Ultramarinos), president/founder of Gran Cacao Company (a cacao importer), a frequent contributor to Saveur, and a former medieval Spanish history professor (Rutgers). She was named the James Beard Best Chef Mid-Atlantic in 2012; her opus,Gran Cocina Lati
A beautiful culinary and ethnobotanical survey of the punch-packing ingredient central to today's multi-cultural palate, with more than 40 pan-Latin recipes from a three-time James Beard Award-winning author and chef-restaurateur.From piquillos and shishitos to padrons and poblanos, the popularity of culinary peppers (and pepper-based condiments, such as Sriracha and the Korean condiment gochujang) continue to grow as more consumers try new varieties and discover the known health benefits of Capsicum, the genus to which all peppers belong. Following the cook's gallery of varieties, more than 40 on
This book is an amazing achievement and a resource that I will be using for years.”—José Andrés, chef/owner, minibar by José Andrés and ThinkFoodGroup “Maricel Presilla’s Peppers of the Americas is a deeply researched, eye-opening, beautiful guide to one of the world’s most intriguing foods.”—Harold McGee, author of On Food and Cooking “Maricel Presilla—the planet’s foremost authority on the cuisines of Latin America—has wri