From the Book - First edition.
Our favorite spice: all about chili
Apaches, vipers, and dragons: types of chili
Spice of America: the chili in its homelands
Three ships come sailing: The Columbian exchange
Blazing a trail: Chili's journey through Asia and Africa
"Red and incredibly beautiful": chili goes to China
From piri piri to paprika: European variations
Bowls o' red and chili queens: an American affair
Pepper sauce: a global obsession
Taste and touch: how chili peppers work
The devil's dinner: discovering the dark side of chili
Hot stuff: chilies and sex
Fighting talk: weaponized chili
Superhots and chiliheads: the cult of chili
Man food: how chili became a guy thing
The globalization of taste: can chili save us?