Big Flavors of the Hot Sun: Recipes and Techniques from the Spice Zone
by By Schlesinger, Chris, Willoughby, John, and Witschonke, Alan (ILT)
Category: Cooking , Reference

An exuberantly written cookbook featuring intensely flavored cooking from tropical and subtropical parts of the globe.  Written collaboratively by a food writer and a cook/restauranteur of 20 years, this book contains enticing, imaginative, yet quite simple recipes; background on the cooking techniques of the varied cultures from which the recipes are drawn; clear instructions and diagrams; interesting facts and stories about spices; and a casual, anecdotal style that makes for entertaining reading. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.