A collection of recipes from all over the world, this book is devoted exclusively to spicy food. There are also accompanying dishes of bread, noodles, rice, pickles and sauces and the essential cooling salads and drinks. There are an abundance of tastes, ranging from the fragrant cooking of South-East Asia and stir-fried dishes of Szechwan through highly spiced Indian curries, chilli and peanut sauces from West Africa to the spiced tomato dishes of South America, Mexican tacos liberally doused in chilli and the fiery bean dishes of the southern United States.