Everyone loves a little spice now and then, whether it's devouring a plate of the blisteringly spicy hot wings or satiating your sweet tooth with candied jalapeños. Afterwards, perhaps you've found ...

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 ...

In Texas, we find spice so nice we had to proclaim it twice. The Lone Star State is home to not one but two officially sanctioned chiles. In 1995, the Texas Legislature declared the ubiquitous ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new small, yellow-greenish chili pepper that’s taken more than a decade to cultivate has out scaled all others including one ...

When biting into a chili pepper, you expect a fiery sensation on your tongue. This spiciness is detected because of capsaicinoid compounds. But for some peppers, despite high levels of capsaicinoids, ...

Hot peppers are a produce typically grown between the first spring and fall frosts and are available from local growers. Hot (or chili) peppers belong to the capsicum family. Peppers are hot if they ...