Organized by region, each chapter includes recipes for appetizers, soups and stews, salads, side dishes, main courses, and dressings and condiments. Robertson provides a basic introduction to the spices and techniques common to each cuisine, along with delicious classic vegetarian dishes, adaptations of meat-based dishes, and her own creative recipes, including:
-- Spicy Okra Gumbo
-- Mexican Rice and Bean Salad with Cumin Vinaigrette
-- Pasta alla Putanesca
-- Braised Cabbage with Cardamom
-- Spicy Ginger Dumplings

Using chilies as the main source of heat, these recipes range from mildly spicy to nearly incendiary, so there's something here for everyone! With creative yet simple recipes and nutritional analyses for each, "Some Like It Hot" is sure to inspire even the most devoted meat lover to eat vegetarian.