The Pepper Belt: Chilies, Diaspora, and Hot Sauce at Home Of

The Pepper Belt: Chilies, Diaspora, and Hot Sauce at HomeSpice-loving readers, home fermenters, and gardeners meet your new kitchen bible. From Mexico to Sichuan to West Africa, Oliver Greyson traces how chilies traveled the world and shows you exactly how to turn fresh peppers into extraordinary flavor at home. Learn the history, grow the plants, master lacto-fermentation, and bottle sauces with restaurant-level depth.What you’ll get inside• Step-by-step guides for lacto hot sauces with brine management and safe aging of pepper mash• Regional classics you can make tonight: sambal oelek, doubanjiang-style chili bean paste, peri-peri, and fragrant chili oils• Modern super hots explained: Carolina Reaper, Ghost Pepper, Trinidad Scorpion, Pepper X plus how to cook with extreme heat safely and deliciously• Grower’s playbook for peppers and super hots: germination, soil, light, trellising, pests, harvest, and seed saving• Pantry recipes and pairings to use your sauces every day• Sweet heat favorite: Pineapple Habanero Jam with canning and fridge methodsWhy this book stands out• Blend of storytelling and hands-on instruction for beginners and seasoned chiliheads• Clear measurements, batch sizes, and troubleshooting for fermentation success• Practical gear lists and easy substitutions so you can start with what you have• Tested small-batch recipes that scale up cleanly for gifting or farmers’ marketsWho it’s forHome cooks, hot sauce collectors, gardeners, food preservation fans, BBQ and grilling enthusiasts, flavor-chasing travelers, and anyone curious about the global story of spice.Pairs well with other Oliver Greyson titlesFans of Civilization on Tap, The Secret Life of Coffee, and A Fragrant Journey will love this deep dive into heat and heritage.Product details• Format: Text-only, beginner friendly with advanced techniques• Audience: General adult readers, spice lovers, DIY fermenters, gardeners• Outcomes: Confident fermentation, safer aging, bold global flavors, and a pantry full of sauces you actually useTurn your peppers into culture-rich condiments and build a pantry that travels the Pepper Belt every time you cook.