About the Book: Chillies: Global Edible Series: A Global History
SMALL YET MIGHTY THE SPICY HISTORY OF CHILLIES
From the deceptively vegetal-looking jalapeño to the fiery ghost pepper,
chillies have been searing tongues across the world for centuries. These tiny
flavour bombs are essential to innumerable cuisines Cajun, Indian, Korean and
many more and their cultural impact extends beyond the culinary.
Cultivated by the ancient people of Mesoamerica for millennia, chillies
gradually spread across the globe via conflict-ridden trading routes. Along the
way, these unusual berries changed the way humans heal, hurt and eat. From
Ayurvedic remedies to recent scientific breakthroughs in their