There seem to be a few copies of this book for sale, used, at Amazon. Starts at about $12. ----- Original Message ----- From: "George A. Starkey" <gas@kdlegal.com> To: <chile-heads@globalgarden.com> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 12:19 PM Subject: [CH] Story about chile eating contest > It was a short story called "The Grains of Paradise." I don't > remember the author. It's about a hot-pepper-eating contest in Mexico. It > was in the old Encounters: Themes in Literature book in the 1970's. > >