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 ...

There’s a wide world of chile peppers out there. But mild bell peppers, the scorching hot Carolina reaper and everything in between are all the same genus Capsicum. “So there’s obviously a ton of ...

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

When it comes to picking chili peppers, farmer James Weaver can do it without gloves but some of his customers need protection from the capsaicin, the chemical that makes the peppers hot and can give ...

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 ...

Nothing announces the arrival of autumn in Colorado quite like the aroma of fire-roasted green chiles. After the crop ripens at farms across the Southwest, street-side stands spin cages full of ...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s a love letter to chile peppers but in an educational form. “Over the decades, I noticed how much more people have become interested in chile peppers,” said Paul Bosland, ...

Characteristics: Bell peppers are large compared to other hot peppers, and can be green, yellow, orange and red (and sometimes purple) in color. They’re not fully ripe in their green state, so they ...