CHANGPOOL, India — The farmer, a quiet man with an easy smile, has spent a lifetime eating a chile pepper with a strange name and a vicious bite. His mother stirred it into sauces. His wife puts it ...

Last week on the Market Report, Laura Avery and David Karp talked about the Bhut Jolokia, the hottest pepper you can find in LA. Farmer Phil McGrath has them at his stand at the Wednesday Santa Monica ...

TERRY WARD knows his chili peppers. He knows his favorite, the diminutive piquin, oblong and about the size of the tip of your pinky, a pepper that imparts heat but no taste. He knows that when he has ...

Yesterday, I went to Taco Asylum, the current It place of OC dining. You'll have to wait for my review of it when I have the time to write it (probably tomorrow; editing Edwin's review for next week ...

The spicy bhut jolokia pepper; (below) A pic of the chips packet Fourteen students, including one female, were taken to the hospital. Isoyama Corp, the manufacturer, reiterated the warning in a ...

Are you drinking straight from the gallon jar of Tabasco without even flinching? Then why not upgrade to cooking with the Bhut Jolokia Ghost Pepper. As the hottest pepper on the planet, it only has a ...

For certain people, finding and triumphing over the world’s hottest chile is one of those captivating, extreme pursuits like climbing Mt. Everest or running an ultramarathon in Death Valley in July.

Spice up your vegetable garden this year by getting away from the same old tomatoes and corn, and making room for out-of-the-ordinary edibles. Think purple potatoes, thornless raspberries and Mexican ...