Some Like It Hot: Spicy Favorites from the World's Hot Zones
Author: Clifford A Wright
A fun and feisty collection of 350 recipes drawn from all cuisines of the world with a tradition of spicy food. From the moles of Mexico to the kimchi of Korea, from the curries of India to the piri-piri of Africa, this world of exceptionally piquant food has captivated the American palate.
Library Journal
Wright-the prolific author of nine other books focusing mainly on Italian or Mediterranean cooking-has broadened his scope to include the world's 14 "culinary hot zones," the regions most known for spicy food. These include Peru, the Caribbean, Africa, Southeast Asia, and Korea. After an introduction to "The World of Spice," he presents 350 recipes ranging from mildly hot to incendiary (the heat level of each dish is indicated with an icon). Wright emphasizes that he is not a "chile-head" and that he selected the recipes based on flavor, not just hotness; and while chiles are the predominant heat source here, there are other hot spices, too, from ginger and horseradish to Sichuan peppercorns and wasabi. Many of the recipes are unusual; others are authentic versions of more familiar dishes (he includes a lengthy Internet source guide for all sorts of spices and uncommon ingredients). There are other good cookbooks on spicy food, but none with Wright's range and diversity. Highly recommended. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
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Alabama's Historic Restaurants and Their Recipes
Author: Gay N Martin
Old buildings have many stories to tell. On his way from his Texas home to a dairy farmers' convention in North Carolina in 1917, Paul Trowbridge passed through Florence. He liked the place so much, he returned and built Trowbridge's Creamery, where local farmers brought their milk and cream to be processed. Today, Paul's recipe for Orange-Pineapple Ice Cream is still popular, as is the homemade chili introduced by current owner Don Trowbridge's mother Martha, who ran the business when her husband went to war in 1944. Gay N. Martin heard many entertaining stories while researching Alabama's Historic Restaurants and Their Recipes for the first edition in 1998. From the mountains in the north to the beaches on the Gulf of Mexico, she dined in white-columned mansions, rustic log cabins, and former schoolhouses, banks, drugstores, and gas stations. From these, she culled a list of fifty of the state's most memorable restaurants-all places of character, where the food is as distinguished as the surroundings. In this second edition, she offers 22 new restaurants and dozens of new recipes.
Visitors to the Birmingham area shouldn't miss the famous Irondale Cafe and its Fried Green Tomatoes, or Highlands Bar & Grill, where they'll find one of Alabama's most renowned chefs. Those in the Montgomery area can enjoy intimate dining and storytelling at Marengo Plantation or home-cooked favorites good enough for three governors and a president at Red's Little School House. In addition to listing each restaurant's hours and describing its history, atmosphere, and cuisine, Martin provides two or three recipes adapted to the home kitchen, so readers can experience such delights as Loretta's Spinach-Wrapped Salmon with Tarragon Beurre Rouge, The Landmark's Crazy Cajun, and Jesse's Restaurant's Famous Whisky Steak Marinade. Indeed, the book is an invitation, as Martin puts it, to "enjoy a heaping helping of hospitality and history."
Table of Contents:
| Anniston | ||
| Classic on Noble | 1 | |
| The Victoria | 5 | |
| Jacksonville | ||
| Old Henry Farm Restaurants (The Barn) | 9 | |
| Ashville | ||
| Ashville House | 13 | |
| Boaz | ||
| The Station House Grille | 17 | |
| Albertville | ||
| The Lumpkin House | 21 | |
| Guntersville | ||
| Covington's Cafe & Catering (at The Glover) | 25 | |
| Fort Payne | ||
| Mountain Inn Restaurant (at De Soto State Park Lodge) | 29 | |
| Mentone | ||
| Cragsmere Manna Restaurant | 33 | |
| Log Cabin Restaurant and Deli | 37 | |
| Scottsboro | ||
| Willow Street Restaurant | 41 | |
| Huntsville | ||
| Jazz Factory | 45 | |
| Decatur | ||
| Simp McGhee's | 49 | |
| Florence | ||
| Ricatoni's Italian Grill | 53 | |
| Trowbridge's | 57 | |
| Tuscumbia | ||
| The Palace | 61 | |
| Oneonta | ||
| The Landmark | 65 | |
| Birmingham | ||
| The Grille (at The Tutwiler) | 69 | |
| Highlands Bar & Grill | 73 | |
| The Irondale Cafe | 77 | |
| Nabeel's Cafe & Market | 81 | |
| The Silvertron Cafe | 85 | |
| Bessemer | ||
| The Bright Star Restaurant | 89 | |
| Sylacauga | ||
| White Villa Restaurant | 93 | |
| Tuscaloosa | ||
| Cafe Venice | 97 | |
| Northport | ||
| The Globe | 101 | |
| Faunsdale | ||
| Ca-John's Faunsdale Bar & Grill | 105 | |
| Selma | ||
| Major Grumbles | 109 | |
| Tally-Ho Restaurant | 113 | |
| Troup House Restaurant (at the St. James Hotel) | 117 | |
| Camden | ||
| GainesRidge | 121 | |
| Lowndesboro | ||
| Marengo Plantation | 125 | |
| Grady | ||
| Red's Little School House | 129 | |
| Montgomery | ||
| Lek's Railroad Thai (at Union Station) | 133 | |
| Dawson's at Rose Hill | 137 | |
| Sinclair's | 141 | |
| Tallassee | ||
| Hotel Talisi Restaurant | 145 | |
| Auburn | ||
| Hamilton's | 149 | |
| Opelika | ||
| The Warehouse Bistro | 153 | |
| Dothan | ||
| Garland House | 157 | |
| Enterprise | ||
| Carlisle's on Main | 161 | |
| Foley | ||
| The Gift Horse | 165 | |
| Magnolia Springs | ||
| Jesse's Restaurant | 169 | |
| Point Clear | ||
| The Grand Dining Room (at Grand Hotel Marriott Resort, Golf Club & Spa) | 173 | |
| The Wash House Restaurant | 177 | |
| Mobile | ||
| Loretta's | 181 | |
| Oliver's Restaurant (at Radisson Admiral Semmes Hotel) | 185 | |
| The Pillars | 189 | |
| Spot of Tea | 197 | |
| Coden | ||
| Mary's Place | 197 |
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