The Creative Hot & Spicy Cookbook

By Courage Books

Book Overview

These 130 recipes for highly seasoned dishes have been gathered from cuisines around the world--curries from India, fiery Szechuan specialties from China, and mouth-watering entrees flavored with... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076240096X
• ISBN13: 9780762400966
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Running Press Book Publishers
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.2" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

Nice book, great recipes

This product was well packaged, and arrived on time. Clear photos inside, happily suggest this product to anyone who appreciated spicy food.

Sumptuous Hot and Spicy Cuisine

This is a collection of some of the best recipes from around the world. It is a mixture of Mexican, Chinese, Indian and Thai Cuisine mixed in with some home-grown specialties like Spicy Vegetable Fritters and Duck Breast with Spices. The cover is quite colorful and the art throughout the book is cute. Pity they don't show a picture here. The book is filled with watercolor illustrations that evoke the style and flavor of each dish presented. There are over 130 tantalizing recipes from all over the world with easy-to-follow instructions. Each recipe is low in fat, high in protein and quick to prepare. The Contents Include: Appetizers - Crab Meat Balls, Spicy Shrimp Wraps, Samosas and Thai Spring Rolls. Fish & Seafood - Gulf Coast Tacos, Spiced Salmon Steaks and Blackened Fish. Poultry - Chicken Gumbo, Tamarind Chicken Satay, Spanish Guinea Fowl and Chicken with Chili & Basil. Meat - Tacos, Penne with Spicy Chili Sauce, Spiced Lamb, Barbecued Steak, Rogan Josh, Lamb Korma and Kofta Curry. Salads & Vegetables - Mushroom Curry, Spicy Oriental Noodles, Crab Louis and Eggplant Bake. The ingredients for the recipes are easy to find if you have a good supply of exotic ingredients in your local grocery store. If you can't find an ingredient, there is a wealth of information online and many catalogs to choose from. Jillian Stewart is a freelance writer and editor of several cookbooks including Southern Cooking, Amish Cooking and Tex-Mex Cooking. ~The Rebecca Review