Hot Sauce Nation: America's Burning Obsession

Nicks, Denver

ISBN 10: 1613731841 / ISBN 13: 9781613731840

Published by Chicago Review Press, 2016

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G1613731841I5N00

Synopsis:

Hot Sauce Nation is a red-hot ride through the story of hot sauce in America. Why should the world's most painful food have inspired such adoration in the USA? While chili pepper-based sauces have transformed cuisines worldwide, successive waves of immigrants landing in the New World have turned up the heat on the American palette with their native pungent sauces. Today, the fast-growing hot sauce industry has made it into everything from salsa to barbecue, buffalo wings, chocolates, and cocktails, inspiring passionate romances and changing people's lives along the way. With fascinating detours into science, history, and current events, as well as stories of the people who make, use, sell, and love hot sauce, this flavorful volume explores the unique hold the condiment has on the American heart.

About the Author:

Denver Nicksis a regular contributor toTimeand National Geographic Traveler and a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is the author ofPrivate: Bradley Manning, WikiLeaks, and the Biggest Exposure of Official Secrets in American History,and his work has also appeared inMoney,Newsweek,the Nation,the Daily Beast, and elsewhere. A native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, he lives in New Orleans and Washington, DC.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Hot Sauce Nation: America's Burning Obsession
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Publication Date: 2016
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket