Chili Peppers

How Spicy Are Your Peppers?

Kitchen Daily | Posted 05.08.2012

Some people can take the heat, and some just can't. The heat we're referring to is the spicy, mouth-burning, sweat-inducing effect of a chile pepper. ...

Chunky Turkey Chili

Gregg McBride | Posted 05.19.2012

Gregg McBride

This chili was absolutely one of my go-to meals while I was taking off excess weight. Besides being delicious, it's incredibly healthy and makes for great leftovers. It freezes, thaws and reheats beautifully.

New Chili Pepper Proclaimed World's Spiciest

AP | By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN | Posted 02.16.2012

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- There are super-hot chile varieties. And then there's the sweat-inducing, tear-generating, mouth-on-fire Trinidad Moruga Scorpion...

Guide to Chiles

The Daily Meal | Posted 10.24.2011

The Daily Meal

Chiles are a great addition to any dish because they add spice, depth of flavor, and many health benefits. While jalapeƱos and cayenne are the more...

10 Tasty Spices That Are Also Good For Your Health

Joanna Dolgoff, M.D. | Posted 08.17.2011

Joanna Dolgoff, M.D.

Not only do herbs and spices provide flavor for very few calories, but they also have some amazing, disease-fighting antioxidants in them!

Chasing Chiles In The Face Of Climate Change

NY Times | ANNE RAVER | Posted 06.11.2011

THERE was a frost expected here two weeks ago, but Gary Paul Nabhan, a conservation biologist and inveterate seed-saver, was out in his hardscrabble g...

New Chili Pepper Bred Exclusively For Bigger Jalapeño Popper Cheese Haul

Posted 05.25.2011

Tackling a problem we didn't know existed, the New Mexico State University chile pepper breeding program has developed a larger variety of jalapeƱo p...

Eating The Naga Viper, The Hottest Pepper In The World

The Daily Meal | Posted 05.25.2011

What is it about us as a species that we strive to create hotter chile peppers. Glory? Challenge? The need to experience extremes of pleasure and pain...

Chasing Chiles: A Hot Pepper Primer (And a recipe for Iowa City Chili)

Kurt Michael Friese | Posted 05.25.2011

Kurt Michael Friese

Under the ever-changing Sonoran Desert sky, straddling the Arizona-Mexico border, an unassuming little fruit has kept cool in the shade of cliff sides...

Get That Great Chili Taste Without the Burn

Joshua Stokes | Posted 05.25.2011

Joshua Stokes

It's chili season, the long awaited pepper pods are like confetti on on the farm stand. But with this decoration comes a niche market of sadomasoch...

India Drops The Chili Bomb

GlobalPost | Saritha Rai | Posted 05.25.2011

It could be Gandhi's dream come true. A weapon that wouldn't kill or maim a single person but could paralyze a mob all the same -- and would most cert...

Chili Peppers From Colorado Delivered To Remote Norwegian Seed Vault

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Wenk's Yellow Hots, Pico de Gallos and the unpredictably hot San Juan "Tsiles" chili peppers have safely arrived at a "doomsday" vault ...

The Top 10 Foods for Great Sex

Christina Pirello | Posted 11.17.2011

Christina Pirello

Wining and dining a date will more likely result in a great night's sleep rather than a great romp in the sack. To really get things going, you need to stimulate your 'circuitry,' your nervous and circulatory systems.