Pepper : a guide to the world's favorite spice / by Joe Barth.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Barth, Joe, 1950- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Pepper (Spice)--History.
• Cooking (Pepper).

Genre:

• Cookbooks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, [2019]

Summary:

Popular throughout human history, pepper motivated the voyages of discovery and colonization of the planet. Stubbornly hard to grow, pepper is produced by world's working poor, and follows a fascinating path before arriving in our kitchens and on dining room tables. This vivid look at the pepper in your shaker will surprise, tantalize and amaze.

Contents:

• Intro
• Contents
• Preface
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Pepper from Ancient Times to the Middle Ages
• Chapter 3: Pepper and Colonial Imperialism
• Chapter 4: Pepper Economics
• Chapter 5: Pepper for the Senses
• Chapter 6: Growing Pepper
• Chapter 7: Uses of Pepper
• Chapter 8: Buying Pepper
• Chapter 9: Cooking with Pepper
• Notes
• Selected Bibliography and Web Resources
• Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4422-7393-3

OCLC:

1078558540