The ultimate hot and spicy cookbook : 200 of the most fiery, mouth-searing and palate-pleasing recipes ever

This tastebud-tingling collection shows how to add fragrant aroma, piquancy or fierce flavor to any dish.

The recipes are presented in easy-to-use chapters on soups, appetizers, snacks, fish, shellfish, meat, poultry, vegetable dishes, salads, rice, noodles, side dishes, desserts, cakes and drinks.

Spicy soups, such as Hot and Spicy Seafood Soup, and sizzling appetizers, including Fried Dough Balls with Fiery Salsa, are a kick-start to any meal.

Fiery fish and seafood and scorching meat and poultry dishes offer hot and spicy delights such as Steamed Fish with Chili Sauce, and Spicy Masala Chicken.

Vibrant vegetables and saucy salads are fired up with aromatic spices and chilies, and rice and noodles are enlivened with pungent flavors.

This comprehensive collection makes the most of chili peppers, cayenne, cardamom, allspice, ginger, garam masala, turmeric, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, hot chili sauce, Szechuan pepper, cumin, coriander, and other sizzling flavor-packed ingredients.

With more than 200 tantalizing, fiery and fragrant recipes, and over 780 color photographs, this book will add spice to every cook's kitchen repertoire.

Every recipe is shown in detailed stage-by-stage sequences with a glorious picture of the finished dish to guarantee great results every time.