Pungent Picnics

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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)

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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 …

Pungent Pickles

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  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

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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 …