While the chile is cooking, how about catching up
with some chile books & videos.
Click on a picture to find the price etc from Amazon.com
Researched and written by Dave Dewitt (see below)
The Chile Pepper Encyclopedia has the answer to just
about any question one could ask about chile peppers. Which chiles are
the hottest? What country did the first chile plants come from? What
popular brand of dandruff shampoo is made with chile peppers? Can chiles
really be used to cure headaches? Eve the most devoted
"chile-heads" will be satisfied.
In addition to entries on chile species, culture, terminology,
and agriculture, the encyclopedia includes more than 100 fiery recipes.
Black and white drawings and photographs, charts, and graphs appear
throughout, and an eight page insert includes color photographs of
dozens of varieties of chiles, invaluable for identification. The Chile
Pepper Encyclopedia is an indispensable sourcebook for chile
aficionados, gardeners, cooks, and anyone else who has a burning
interest in fiery foods.
The Chile Chronicles is an amazing book and an absolute
Must Have. I picked up a copy in New Mexico and it is now a firm
favourite.
A quote from Dave Dewitt in Fiery Foods, December 1997/January
1998:
"There is no doubt that this is the best book ever
written on chiles in New Mexico. Padilla, along with photographer Jack
Parsons, has done a superb job of documenting the history, cultural
heritage, and horticulture of chiles in the state, plus profiling the
farmers who grow them. This is not only solid information; many of the
stories in the book are moving as they recount the love and devotion
engendered by New Mexico's most famous crop. But the photography is
superb, documenting the varieties, growing methods, harvest scenes, and
the countryside that adjoins the growing operations, including the
spectacular scenes of the Rio Grande."
And still on the subject of Dave Dewitt...
Without a doubt the most expert and prolific
writer on all things chile, Dave Dewitt's current books include the
following:
