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A review by shanaqui
Chillies: A Global History by Heather Arndt Anderson
informative
medium-paced
4.0
I've been meaning to pick up Chillies by Heather Arndt Anderson for a while -- I love books in the Edible series, which are all a little history of a certain food item, accompanied by colour images and a handful of recipes. I'm a lover of spicy food: nothing silly, with trying to one-up other people etc etc, but a burst of spicy heat is great.
Sometimes these books can end up feeling like a bit too much of a list of dishes that the food in question is used in, and despite the subtitle of all of them ("A Global History"), often they don't go broad enough. This one was broader than some, with a chapter on the worldwide adoption of chillies that did indeed feel global.
As always, it has references and a bibliography, and is a well-put-together little book. And for once, I'm actually quite tempted to ask my wife to try making one of the recipes!
Sometimes these books can end up feeling like a bit too much of a list of dishes that the food in question is used in, and despite the subtitle of all of them ("A Global History"), often they don't go broad enough. This one was broader than some, with a chapter on the worldwide adoption of chillies that did indeed feel global.
As always, it has references and a bibliography, and is a well-put-together little book. And for once, I'm actually quite tempted to ask my wife to try making one of the recipes!