Jalapenos

Taste Test: Chocolate-Covered Jalapenos

Posted 03.06.2012

Yes, folks. Chocolate-covered jalapenos are real. And they aren't a gimmick either. These treats come recommended from Esquire as "crisp, juicy, and a...

America's Spiciest Dishes

The Daily Meal | Posted 01.14.2012

The Daily Meal

Some dishes feature spices, bold or subtle, that together create nuanced flavor profiles. Forget them. This is about the dark side of spices.

Can You Handle The Heat of Chile Peppers?

Kitchen Daily | Posted 11.21.2011

What would we do without hot peppers? They add so much to many dishes, from Mexican to Thai. Originating from South America, hot chile peppers made th...

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...

Flavortripping

One For The Table | Posted 11.17.2011

One For The Table

Vinegar went down like wine. Goat cheese began to taste like frosting. Guinness tasted like a chocolate malt.

FDA Finds Salmonella Strain At Second Mexican Farm

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — The salmonella strain linked to a nationwide outbreak has been found in irrigation water and in a sample from a batch of serrano pe...

Vegetable Profiling: Tomatoes See Red

Suzette Standring | Posted 11.17.2011

Suzette Standring

Tomatoes are seeing red at being wrongly blamed as the contamination cause of a national Salmonella outbreak. Now jalapeno peppers have replaced tomatoes as the possible culprit.

FDA: Avoid jalapenos from Mexico, not US

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Only jalapeno peppers grown in Mexico are implicated in the nationwide salmonella outbreak, the government announced Friday in clea...

Jalapenos Removed From Kroger Chain Grocery Stores

AP | Dan Sewell | Posted 05.25.2011

CINCINNATI (AP) -- The nation's largest traditional grocery chain has removed jalapeno peppers from its stores as a precaution. Kroger Co. spokeswoma...

Salmonella: Jalapenos, Probably Not Tomatoes, At Fault

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Government inspectors finally have a big clue in the nationwide salmonella outbreak: They found the same bacteria strain on a singl...

Salmonella Cases Hit 1,000 As CDC Confirms Jalapenos As New Suspect

New York Times | Mike Lizza | Posted 05.25.2011

In its latest update on the Salmonella outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control today confirmed that the investigation has uncovered a second suspect...