by Nancy Gerlach, Fiery-Foods.com Food Editor Emeritus Recipes in this Issue: Marinated Jalapeño Mushrooms Cool and Hot Tomato Soup Crispy Coleslaw with Cucumber Chile Dressing Jalapeño Corn Muffins with Chile Orange Butter Thai Chile and Artichoke Pasta Salad Summer has arrived and, after a long winter of being “cooped-up” indoors, I’m ready to get outside and enjoy the season. …
Flaming Fungus (Spicy Mushrooms)
By Nancy Gerlach, fiery-foods.com Food Editor Emeritus Last summer (2006) was one of the wettest ones on record here in the Southwest. It rained and rained and then it rained some more. As a result of all this moisture, it was also one of the best years for gathering wild mushrooms. On a camping trip in the northern mountains I …
A Kiss of Heat: Cooking with Chile-Infused Oils
by Julie O’Hara + = A Kiss of Heat:Cooking with Chile Infused Oils We all love a juicy hit of searing heat from our favorite chile pepper mixed into salsa or scattered over a salad. But, what about those times when a gentle kiss of heat is all you really crave? By learning a simple method for making …
Pungent Pickles
by Nancy Gerlach, fiery-foods.com Food Editor Emeritus Pungent Pickles Recipes: Devilish Dills Pickling Spice Curried East Indian Pickles Spicy Asian Ginger Pickles Orange Jalapeno Pickles Sichuan Pickles Pickles! Most people like them yet few seem to take the time to make them. But if you’re like me and grow cucumbers, once they start producing, it sure doesn’t …
Great Bowls of Fire–Spicy Soups
by Dave DeWitt and W.C. Longacre A Spicy Pair of Soupiers at Play: Excerpt from Great Bowls of Fire! Lemon Grass-Gingered Chicken Wonton Soup Won Ton Soup Broth Double Chile Vegetable Stew Creamy Green Chile and Bay Shrimp Chowder W.C.’s Green Chile Sauce Newspaper Soup UB Alarmed Five-Chile Chili Wild Mushroom Bisque with Grilled Chicken Soups are the elegant …