Big Flavors of the Hot Sun: Hot Recipes and Cool Tips from the Spice Zone

by Chris Schlesinger and John Willoughby

Book Overview

From one searing national cuisine to the next. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688118429
• ISBN13: 9780688118426
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 487 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 7.4" x 10.4"

Customer Reviews

First, Last, Best

This book was the first cookbook I bought after the predictable Joy of Cooking. I bought it at Chris's Cambridge retaurant, The East Coast Grill- which is perhaps my favorite Boston eatery (and I've been to all the best in the area). I've gone on to buy several books concerned with Fusion Cooking, many of which just collect dust these days. I keep returning to this book. Of all my books (the collection has grown immensely since then) this has become one of the stained and ragged standards in the repertoire. The section on spice rubs is fantastic. The overall layout is simple and user friendly. The history and description is interesting while being concise. Anyone who spends a little time with this book will undoubtedly walk away with a broader appreciation of cuisine.

This is a must-have cookbook

I have a collection of over 300 cookbooks and funny enough, end up using about 1/2 dozen on a regular basis. This is one of those must-have cookbooks. How it ever went out of print I don't know. The recipes are unique, interesting, use ingredients in unusual combinations, to great effect. Superb barbecue recipes and wonderful meat rubs. Can transform a Sunday roast into something very special, without a lot of work. Many of the recipes are quite easy to prepare and look elegant. I always get great compliments when I cook from this book.

Awesome book

I won my husband's heart with indian chicken stew. I agree with the other review: Why oh why is this book out of print!? Makes me value my copy more. Exlporing this book makes one a more adventurous cook.

The one book I'd take to a desert island

This is the one cookbook I'd take with me to a desert island! The recipes are tropical and amenable to island living. Many involve cooking in palm tree leaves and the like, so it would be a natural in the hot sun. But even if I were staying home, this would be the one cookbook I'd keep if I had to give away the 99 others. I figure I can "wing it" if I'm cooking normal American food, but the recipes in this book are so creative and far out, that I'd never come up with this stuff without help! This book is awesome! I can't believe that it's out of print!

The title says it all. Fusion cooking on and off the grill.

This is one of my favorite cookbooks, and is the first one I turn to when looking for inspiration. The recipes are written with humor and use a creative fusion of tastes and flavors from Asia, Latin America and the Southern United States. Jake's barbeque rub and the mango chutney are now firmly a part of my repertoire. The recipes are largely intended for the grill, but most will work well indoors. I also own and recommend their other two cookbooks.