About Dave DeWitt:

“In this tour de force Dave DeWitt, one of America’s preeminent food writers on the chile pepper and Southwestern cooking, has catapulted himself to the top of those writing about Italian food. This fascinating story of the history of Italian cuisine will delight and surprise. I believe it is destined to be the foundation upon which future authors on Italian cuisine will build their own stories. Everything about this book is enormously appealing, from the recipes to the history to the design.”

-- Clifford A. Wright, double James Beard award winner and author of Some Like It Hot

Dave DeWitt is a writer, editor, and show producer. He is the author or coauthor of more than 30 books and cookbooks, mostly concerning chile peppers and spicy foods. He is the publisher of the Fiery Foods & Barbecue SuperSite, fiery-foods.com, the editor of Fiery Foods & BBQ magazine, and co-producer of the National Fiery Foods & Barbecue Show, now in its 19th year. He lives in Albuquerque with his wife Mary Jane and their three Cornish Rex cats and two Dobermans.

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