From mild and flavorful to eye-watering spice bombs, this article walks you through the full heat spectrum — so you can ...

You snack on bell peppers, you love the heat of jalapeño in homemade watermelon salsa and you’ve dabbled with poblanos, but you’re ready to branch out. Good news: There are approximately 4,000 ...

Chili peppers have been cultivated by the Indigenous populations of Central and South America for thousands of years. Today, chili peppers are wildly popular and are grown in home gardens throughout ...

Aug. 31—Do you have decorative Halloween or Easter chiles in your home? Or are you growing Big Jim peppers in your backyard? Chile varieties like these can be found at New Mexico State University's ...

Each year, it seems as though our local garden centers are offering more varieties of chili peppers to choose from. How do you know what to buy? How can you use them or preserve them? Hot peppers, or ...

With the recent crowning of Pepper X as the new Guinness World Record holder for hottest chili pepper, here's a look into just how the spiciness of a pepper is calculated — and some examples of very ...

About 26 years ago, a group of avid, like-minded gardeners came together, looking to add a little piquancy to their lives. They loved spicy foods but were unable to find the varieties of peppers ...