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

Banana peppers are the mild, tangy, medium sized peppers which can be grown in your backyard. To make the most of their flavor, you need to know when to harvest them. Banana peppers, a type of chili ...

If you're an avid gardener, and you like your fall chili with a little extra kick, you've probably tried your hand at growing spicy peppers in your garden. Habanero peppers (Capsicum chinense) are a ...

It sounds early, but December planting gives chili peppers a longer growing season, leading to bigger, better harvests.

Don't worry if the rest of your family does not appreciate the spicy heat that your favorite hot peppers add to entrees, beverages and desserts. Proper pepper selection, care and preparation can help ...

LAKE ARTHUR, N.M. – A handful of farm laborers are busy at work on a warm day in mid-November, helping harvest 140 acres of Cecil Conklin's red chili crop. But at this southeastern New Mexico farm, ...

For the 10th anniversary of their family’s chile company, Reyna Lara wanted to do something special to honor their roots. She found her answer in the family, more specifically in her father, whose ...

As harvest season ends, peppers take center stage, and in Amesbury, Massachusetts, firefighters are serving up a fiery tribute with their famous eight-pepper chili. America’s love for spice has ...

Hot peppers’ spicy heat is measured in Scoville heat units, named for Wilbur Scoville. The level of heat was originally determined by a panel of individual tasters. (Tetiana Kolubai/Dreamstime) Don’t ...