By Dave DeWitt Cultivation, History, and Culinary Use Recipes: Mango and Coconut Chile Chutney Madras Fried Chile Fritters (Molagai Bajii) Moghul Chicken Dilruba Jungli Mans Indian Chile Vendors, ca. 1880 India is one of the largest producers of chile peppers in the world. The Times of India Directory and Yearbook for 1983 listed total acreage at …
Calabria, Part 7:The Peperoncino Museum
Story and Photos By Harald Zoschke Calabria is not only the southernmost tip of the Italian boot, it is also one of the hotbeds of European chilehead culture. So it’s no wonder that — besides plenty of “hot” dishes and products — a peperoncino museum opened doors here in the summer of 2002. It claims to be the only one …
Calabria, Part 1: Diamante, A Jewel for Chile Lovers
Story and Photos by Harald Zoschke Calabria occupies the “boot tip” of the Italian peninsula south of Naples. The warm Mediterranean Sea that flows around Italy’s southern tip between Calabria and Sicily, as well as 300 estimated sunshine days per year, determine the mild climate that lets chile peppers prosper here. The hot pods – called peperoncini in Italy – …
Peperoncino Festival 2006, Part 2 of 2
By Harald Zoschke … and even more Chile Peppers Pods of all sorts of varieties were also available from Miceli, a nursery from the town of Scalea, just north of Diamante. Their talented staff also created wonderful chile bouquets, showing off the potential of ornamental peppers. The pepper twigs were assembled in florist’s foam. Viva Habanero! Besides countless …
St. Vincent: Peppers in de Bush
By Patrick Holian Recipes: Asher Sauce Bequian Lamb Stew Drunken Seafood, Creole-Style Aboard the Sailboat I gazed down from 20,000 feet at shimmering aqua blue waters surrounding the Windward Islands, wondering what hot pepper encounters lie ahead on this Caribbean trip. It had been several years since I was down island. Back then, I was part of a …