Andrew Dalby is a historian and linguist. He is the author of several books, including The Classical Cookbook (1996), Dangerous Tastes: the Story of Spices (2000), Language in Danger: The Loss of Linguistic Diversity and the Threat to Our Future (2003), Tastes of Byzantium: The Cuisine of a Legendary Empire (2010) and Bacchus: A Biography (2003). He studied classics and linguistics at St John’s College, Cambridge, and gained a PhD from London University

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• ForewordPart IPrelude: Europe's future spiceChapter 1: Capsicum species: the originsChapter 2: The AndesChapter 3: Amazonia and beyondChapter 4: Greater MexicoChapter 5: The CaribbeanInterlude: It burned their tonguesChapter 6: EuropeChapter 7: To Asia, Africa and the ends of the earthChapter 8: The whole meaning of chilliPart IIChapter 9: Chillies in their varietyChapter 10: Chillies in their flavourList of illustrationsBibliographyIndex

Andrew Dalby is a historian and linguist. He is the author of several books, including The Classical Cookbook (1996), Dangerous Tastes: the Story of Spices (2000), Language in Danger: The Loss of Linguistic Diversity and the Threat to Our Future (2003), Tastes of Byzantium: The Cuisine of a Legendary Empire (2010) and Bacchus: A Biography (2003). He studied classics and linguistics at St John’s College, Cambridge, and gained a PhD from London University

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• ForewordPart IPrelude: Europe's future spiceChapter 1: Capsicum species: the originsChapter 2: The AndesChapter 3: Amazonia and beyondChapter 4: Greater MexicoChapter 5: The CaribbeanInterlude: It burned their tonguesChapter 6: EuropeChapter 7: To Asia, Africa and the ends of the earthChapter 8: The whole meaning of chilliPart IIChapter 9: Chillies in their varietyChapter 10: Chillies in their flavourList of illustrationsBibliographyIndex

Andrew Dalby is a historian and linguist. He is the author of several books, including The Classical Cookbook (1996), Dangerous Tastes: the Story of Spices (2000), Language in Danger: The Loss of Linguistic Diversity and the Threat to Our Future (2003), Tastes of Byzantium: The Cuisine of a Legendary Empire (2010) and Bacchus: A Biography (2003). He studied classics and linguistics at St John’s College, Cambridge, and gained a PhD from London University

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• ForewordPart IPrelude: Europe's future spiceChapter 1: Capsicum species: the originsChapter 2: The AndesChapter 3: Amazonia and beyondChapter 4: Greater MexicoChapter 5: The CaribbeanInterlude: It burned their tonguesChapter 6: EuropeChapter 7: To Asia, Africa and the ends of the earthChapter 8: The whole meaning of chilliPart IIChapter 9: Chillies in their varietyChapter 10: Chillies in their flavourList of illustrationsBibliographyIndex