Real Women Eat Chiles

by Butel, Jane

• ISBN13: 9780873588973
• ISBN10: 0873588975
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-03-01
• Publisher: Cooper Square Publishing Llc

Summary

120 chile-based, low-calorie recipes, plus diet and health information relating to chiles. Real women are featured with photographs and profiles on their lives and use of chiles.

Author Biography

Jane Butel, the first to write about southwestern cooking, is an internationally recognized authority on the regional cooking of the American Southwest. In the late 1970s, following a successful career as one of America's top Consumer Affairs executives, she launched her southwestern writing, teaching, television, consulting, and spice business. Her Southwestern Cooking Schools in New Mexico and Scottsdale, Arizona, have garnered high recognition. Bon Appetit magazine selected it as one of the four best in the world and Gayout.com listed her hotel-based schools as the best in the United States and one of the world's top ten. She also conducts tours to Mexico and Spain. Pecos Valley Spice Co., a trusted source for chiles, spices, and other authentic southwestern ingredients, was founded in 1978. She continues to spice up America's favorite cuisine with the recipes from the rich culinary, cultural, and historical heritage of the Southwest. She has written seventeen cookbooks, including Northland's Hotter Than Hell: Hot and Spicy Dishes from Around the World. For information on her schools and spices, go to www.janebutel.com or www.pecosvalley.com.