Tag Archives: Lois Manno
Dave DeWitt’s Chile Trivia Book Wins Award
This just in! Dave DeWitt's Chile Trivia won the Best Gardening Book category at the 2012 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards! If you haven't ordered your copy yet, better get after it. Continue reading
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Tagged book, chile peppers, chile trivia, Dave DeWitt, Lois Manno
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Thai Red Curry: The Art of Asian Heat
There’s something about the richness of red curry paste that is incredibly satisfying to the palate; in fact, I find that even a small portion of good red curry leaves me feeling sated—much more so than a comparable amount of Chinese food, for instance. Continue reading
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Tagged Asia, Lois Manno, pork curry, recipe, red curry, red curry paste, Thai food
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Hunting Chicken of the Woods in Alaska
Late August is the time of year when the day-glo orange-and-yellow fungus called Chicken of the Woods crops up on the dead and dying trees in the deep woods. I recently had the pleasure of spending a few days wandering the forest around Juneau, Alaska, where I went hunting for some of this edible mushroom. Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, Chicken of the Woods, chile pepper, habanero, Lois Manno, recipe, scrambled eggs, wild mushrooms
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Excerpts from Dave DeWitt’s Chile Trivia Book
Dave DeWitt's Chile Trivia is the newest book from the Pope of Peppers, coauthored by yours truly. It's chock-full of interesting, fun factoids about chile peppers and spicy food. Continue reading 
