A new study tracking eight chili pepper cultivars across three ripening stages finds that capsaicinoid accumulation and ...

Consumption of chili pepper may reduce the relative risk of cardiovascular disease mortality by 26%, according to an analysis of diet and mortality data from four large, international studies. Chili ...

Celebrity interviewer Sean Evans has a unique hook for his show Hot Ones. Over the course of the interview, he and his guest eat ten chicken wings dipped in hot sauce. The first wing starts off at a ...

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The Carolina reaper pepper currently holds the Guinness World Record for the hottest chili pepper in the world. On the Scoville scale, a numerical rating aimed at quantifying spiciness, individual ...

If you think you can handle the heat, you might want to think again. There’s a new pepper in town, and this one has received the honor of being named the world’s spiciest chili pepper by Guinness ...

The history of the chili pepper is in some ways the history of humanity in the Americas, says Dr. Katherine Chiou, an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at The University of Alabama ...

There’s a new no. 1 hottie in town. A sweltering South Carolina chili named Pepper X has captured the Guinness World Record for the world’s hottest pepper, beating out former title holder the Carolina ...

The recent resurgence of veggie decor has left the design world salivating for more zest than ever before, and chili peppers, in particular, have piqued our taste buds. Emblematic of veggiecore kitsch ...

For thousands of years, people have picked up chile peppers to provide their diets with pizazz. There's no doubt chile peppers are packed with flavor. They also provide a little fiber without salt, ...