Hot food may not be the first thing that springs to mind in hot weather, but believe it or not, sweating will cool you off faster than you might think. Some Like It Hot: Spicy Favorites from the World's Hot Zones serves up some of the spiciest foods in the world, all in one cookbook. Author Clifford Wright provides lots of information on the origin and uses of various chiles and spices in the book. The recipes range from the familiar, like Enchiladas Verdes, to the more exotic, with recipes from countries like Bolivia and Africa, where the cuisine is less familiar to most diners. The recipes also do cover a range on the spicy scale, so those with slightly more sensitive palates can work their way up to the more fiery dishes.
The recipes are organized by type of dish and include salads, sauces, seafood, meats, vegetables and - most intriguingly - eggs, which are not often made into their own category. Check out the recipe for Indian Chile Eggs before trying any of the others.
And remember to drink plenty of water (or the other cooling drinks Wright provides), too.
7-24-2006 @8:56AM Peace said... Enough dangerously I am in simple bars. And it brings no benefit a health. But it is possible to be poisoned...
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7-24-2006 @12:37PM Hawk said... If Pad Nor Mai is not in this book, I'm not gonna even touch it. Most delicious hot thing I've ever eaten. I was practically sobbing from it at a thai restaurant, and the chef came out to profusely apologize because it was the hottest thing they served. I gave him a thumbs up.
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