Pepper

Name: Pepper
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PTY Ltd
SKU: 9781442273924
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A Guide to the World's Favorite Spice

By Joe Barth

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Pepper by Joe Barth delves into the vibrant world of one of the most ubiquitous spices in the culinary arts. The book explores the rich history, diverse varieties, and myriad uses of pepper through a collection of recipes and anecdotes. Combining practical cooking tips with fascinating insights, it celebrates how this humble spice has elevated dishes across cultures and cuisines.
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You might enjoy this book if you have a passion for culinary exploration and want to learn more about the versatile and essential spice that enhances flavours in countless dishes. It offers insights and techniques that chefs and home cooks alike will find valuable, allowing you to elevate your cooking to new levels of taste and aroma.

Pepper

Popular throughout human history, pepper motivated the voyages of discovery and colonization of the planet. Stubbornly hard to grow, pepper is produced by world’s working poor, and follows a fascinating path before arriving in our kitchens and on dining room tables. This vivid look at the pepper in your shaker will surprise, tantalize and amaze.

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If you are interested in pepper—its provenance, history, taste, and uses—then this is a book for you. Pepper by 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 makes 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 world’s most popular spice.

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Pepper by Joe Barth explores the spice's rich history and its significance in global trade, tracing its origins to India. Barth provides insights into the cultivation process and highlights the economic dynamics, illustrating the disparity between the growers' earnings and the profits made by intermediaries in the supply chain.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781442273924

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 28 February 2019

Country: United States

Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Illustration: 12 b/w illustrations; 7 tables

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 157.0mm

Height: 238.0mm

Weight: 390g

Pages: 176

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About the Author

J.E. Barth, PhD, teaches wine, spirits, and operations management courses at the School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management at the University of Guelph, Canada’s school for hospitality leadership. He has taught courses at Royal Roads University, the Cold Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute (Brock University), Management Centre Innsbruck and for the Society of Management Accountants of Ontario. Joe has been a visiting professor at the Australian International Hotel School (Canberra) and at the Universidad de San Andres, Buenos Aires. Professor Barth has provided expert opinions in legal proceedings pertaining to licensed establishments and hotel contract law, worked as a consultant on a great lakes freighter, in Nicaragua, and Viet Nam. He is a lifetime member of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, and the recipient of numerous teaching awards.