Pepper: A Guide to the World's Favorite Spice

Pepper: A Guide to the World's Favorite Spice by Barth, Joe. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781442273924.

Canadian winner in the 2020 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in the spices category and short listed for the 2020 Taste Canada Awards. If you are interested in pepper--its provenance, history, taste, and uses--then this is a book for you. J.E. Barth recounts the fascinating history of pepper from ancient times through the present and traces the challenges at each step of the pepper supply chain as it make its way from the growers to the kitchens and dining tables around the world. He covers quality assessment, storage, processing, taste and uses of pepper, including its cosmetic and pharmacological applications. A selection of recipes is included to provide a flavourful backdrop to this tasty guide to the worlds most popular spice.