Hot peppers

Smitten by a love of hot peppers, journalist Richard Schweid traveled to the capital of the U.S. hot sauce industry, New Iberia, Louisiana. This is Cajun country, and capsicum (as hot peppers are known botanically) thrive in the region's salty, oil-rich soil like nowhere else. At once an entertaining exploration of the history and folklore that surround hot peppers and a fascinating look at the industry built around the fiery crop, Schweid's book also offers a sympathetic portrait of a culture and a people in the midst of economic and social change -- Provided by the publisher.

First sentence: A seeming paradox of the human condition is that pleasure and pain are parts of the same sensory spectrum, and that there is no clear division between them.

Year

1980

Language

English

Publisher

The University of North Carolina Press

Editions

2

Pages

184

ISBN

9780807848265

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