The Sizzling Southwestern Cookbook: Hot and Zesty, Light and Healthy Chile Cuisine [Hardcover]

Lynn Nusom (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1995

A cookery book which contains a collection of recipes reflecting the tastes of the Southwest states of America.

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Living in New Mexico, Nusom is articulate about chile (peppers) vs. chili (the dish). This guy loves chile peppers in everything and his cooking deftly shows off their complex flavors as well as their heat. Red Chile Pesto and his killer Ensenada Black Bean Dip prove his food is creative in ways that work. Though it was not his goal, most recipes are also quick and easy to make. In all, The Sizzling Southwest Cookbook offers 160+ recipes that are lean and mean in the best ways.

From Booklist

Chile aficionados and low-fat dieters looking for flavorful food will welcome this exciting book packed with healthy variations of classic southwestern dishes and with innovative recipes featuring various chiles. A "Chile Primer" briefly discusses the origins and uses of chile peppers in southwestern cooking and provides a handy user's guide to fresh and dried chiles, rating spiciness from 0 (bell peppers) to 10 (Habaneros). Besides low-fat versions of such traditional southwestern recipes as tortilla soup, gazpacho, and chicken with adobo sauce, Nusom includes her recipes for tangy cucumber-mango salsa, shrimp marinated in a chile "martini," and a southwestern stir-fry. Caroline Andrew

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 221 pages
• Publisher: Lowell House (April 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 156565210X
• ISBN-13: 978-1565652101
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,412,210 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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