Chile, Clove, and Cardamom is a celebration of the fragrances and flavors of sun-drenched cuisines. Throughout this book, coauthors Beth Dooley and Gary Paul Nabhan reveal surprising patterns and principles among varied recipes of traditional desert cultures, bringing to life the places, dishes, and recipes that have been shaped by heat and drought and infused with bold flavors.

Steeped in history and memory, Chile, Clove, and Cardamom is also a beautifully photographed, in-depth guide to the essential spice blends that will help you build your own aromatic pantry, drawing on a variety of easy-to-follow cooking methods for planning your own desert meals.

Other cookbooks by this author

• Appetite for Change: Soulful Recipes from a North Minneapolis Kitchen
• Arab/American: Landscape, Culture, and Cuisine in Two Great Deserts
• Chasing Chiles: Hot Spots Along the Pepper Trail
• Chasing Chiles: Hot Spots Along the Pepper Trail
• Coming Home to Eat: The Pleasures and Politics of Local Foods
• Coming Home To Eat: The Pleasures And Politics Of Local Foods
• Coming Home To Eat: The Pleasures And Politics of Local Foods
• Cumin, Camels, and Caravans: A Spice Odyssey
• Cumin, Camels, and Caravans: A Spice Odyssey
• Cumin, Camels, and Caravans: A Spice Odyssey
• Desert Terroir: Exploring the Unique Flavors and Sundry Places of the Borderlands
• Desert Terroir: Exploring the Unique Flavors and Sundry Places of the Borderlands
• Enduring Seeds: Native American Agriculture and Wild Plant Conservation
• The Heartland: Williams-Sonoma New American Cooking
• The Heartland: Williams-Sonoma New American Cooking
• In Winter's Kitchen
• In Winter's Kitchen
• In Winter's Kitchen: Growing Roots and Breaking Bread In the Northern Heartland
• It's the Berries: Exotic and Common Recipes
• It's the Berries: Exotic and Common Recipes
• Jesus for Farmers and Fishers: Justice for All Those Marginalized by Our Food System
• Meat and Potatoes: Simple Recipes That Sizzle and Sear
• Minnesota's Bounty: The Farmers Market Cookbook
• The Northern Heartland Kitchen: More Than 200 Recipes to Satisfy Seasonal Appetites
• The Northern Heartland Kitchen: More Than 200 Recipes to Satisfy Seasonal Appetites
• The Northern Heartland Kitchen: More Than 200 Recipes to Satisfy Seasonal Appetites
• Peppers Hot and Sweet: Over 100 Recipes for All Tastes
• Peppers, Hot and Sweet: Over 100 Recipes for All Tastes
• The Perennial Kitchen: Simple Recipes for a Healthy Future
• Renewing America's Food Traditions: Saving and Savoring the Continent's 100 Most Endangered Foods
• Renewing America's Food Traditions: Bringing Cultural and Culinary Mainstays of the Past Into the New Millennium
• Savoring the Seasons of the Northern Heartland: 200 Recipes Blending Bold, New Flavors with the Traditional Foods of the Upper Midwest
• Savoring the Seasons of the Northern Heartland
• Savoring the Seasons of the Northern Heartland (Knopf Cooks American Series): 200 Recipes Blending Bold, New Flavors with the Traditional Foods of the Upper Midwest
• Savory Sweet: Simple Preserves from a Northern Kitchen
• The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen
• The Steger Homestead Kitchen: Simple Recipes for an Abundant Life
• Sweet Nature: A Cook's Guide to Using Honey and Maple Syrup
• To Eat with Grace: A selection of writing about food from Orion magazine
• Why Some Like It Hot: Food, Genes, and Cultural Diversity