Real Women Eat Chiles - Hardcover

Butel, Jane

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0873588975 ISBN 13: 9780873588973

Publisher: Northland Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

Jane Butel's fantastic recipes are accompanied by a lively discussion of the origins of chiles and their curative properties. The book is inspirational as well as educational, explaining how chiles work within the body to decrease appetite, stimulate metabolism, and help our immune systems fight off disease. The informative, easy to read chapters are interspersed with profiles of real women who have the healthy habit of eating chiles. All of them use chiles to enliven meals, and now you can too, by starting to incorporate these delicious recipes into your daily diet. Meet some real women and read about their interesting affinities to chiles while you try June Butel's innovative recipes.

About this title

About the Author:

Jane Butel, the first to write about southwestern cooking, is an internationally recognized authority on the regional cooking of the American Southwest. In the late 1970s, following a successful career as one of America's top Consumer Affairs executives, she launched her southwestern writing, teaching, television, consulting, and spice business. Her Southwestern Cooking Schools in New Mexico and Scottsdale, Arizona, have garnered high recognition. Bon Appetit magazine selected it as one of the four best in the world and Gayout.com listed her hotel-based schools as the best in the United States and one of the world's top ten. She also conducts tours to Mexico and Spain. Pecos Valley Spice Co., a trusted source for chiles, spices, and other authentic southwestern ingredients, was founded in 1978. She continues to spice up America's favorite cuisine with the recipes from the rich culinary, cultural, and historical heritage of the Southwest. She has written seventeen cookbooks, including Northland's Hotter Than Hell: Hot and Spicy Dishes from Around the World. For information on her schools and spices, go to www.janebutel.com or www.pecosvalley.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Northland Publishing
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0873588975
• ISBN 13: 9780873588973
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 200