Peppers of the World: An Identification Guide

Does anyone have a copy of this book they would like to sell, or know of one available?

It's available trough Amazon.comand other sellers.

It's available trough Amazon.comand other sellers.

It is out of print and the ones selling want a ridiculous price. So, I'm on the look....must be one lurking in someones home library, somewhere.

Maybe try Half Price Books.

If you can find one local to Dallas, I can get it for you and ship.

http://www.halfpricebooks.com/

Try your local library. They usually have booksales at least once a year. Books that are seldom checked out find their rotation into the sales bin. Ask if they have that one, then ask if it may be marked for sale in teh next cycle. I've had luck with that a time or two.

It appears that Dave DeWitt has published a new book that may be intended to function as a replacement:

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Chile-Pepper-Book-Preserving/dp/0881929204/ref=pd_cp_b_2

At $19.99, it's half the price of the cheapest used copy of the book you're interested in.

Mark Lipton

Try your local library. They usually have booksales at least once a year. Books that are seldom checked out find their rotation into the sales bin. Ask if they have that one, then ask if it may be marked for sale in teh next cycle. I've had luck with that a time or two.

Tried that, even tried the New York Public Library...none. Nothing on Ebay either or Craigs List. weird,eh?

I finally ordered The Great Chile Book by Mark Miller...it had the best reviews for what I was looking for. Some of Dave Dewitt's books had less than favorable reviews. I like that this book has pictures that are the exact size of the peppers, had good identification, a small recipe section, etc. Thanks for the suggestions, I could not find a reasonable used source for it, many are over 100.00.

Here's a link to an website that identifies peppers: http://missvickie.com/howto/spices/peppers/peppersdict.html . That same website also has lots of recipes for using a pressure cooker.

I finally ordered The Great Chile Book by Mark Miller...it had the best reviews for what I was looking for. Some of Dave Dewitt's books had less than favorable reviews. I like that this book has pictures that are the exact size of the peppers, had good identification, a small recipe section, etc. Thanks for the suggestions, I could not find a reasonable used source for it, many are over 100.00.

The Great Chile book is very useful, but hardly comprehensive (it is nice, though, that he has sections on both fresh and dried chiles). His recipe for roasted tomatillo-chipotle sauce I make frequently: it's great with BBQ ribs. We have another book that has hand-painted plates of many different chile types, but I'll have to go home to see who the author is.

Mark Lipton

Here's a link to an website that identifies peppers: http://missvickie.com/howto/spices/peppers/peppersdict.html . That same website also has lots of recipes for using a pressure cooker.

Good website for the usual peppers, and good photos. I'm hoping to eventually find a book that has all those plus peppers like: Jimmy Nardello, Giant Marconi, etc. Heirlooms and hybrids. The websites are great, but there is nothing like sitting down in my favorite chair, fire going, pouring rain outside, and a great book in my lap, resting on my puppy's back, of course!

The Great Chile book arrived today, it is just what I wanted for a newbie, starting to branch out into different peppers and the world of dried. Nice, concise recipe section and I already have some marked to try including th recipe Mark uses for his BBQ. So many peppers, and I want to grow them all. Chilhuacle Negro, is a dried pepper, prized and very expensive only grown in southern Mexico. It has flavors of plum. tobacco and liquorice and subtle, spicy heat. Used to make black mole sauces. Sounds heavenly.