Over Labor Day weekend, James Beck of eatmoreheat.com concocted a seriously hot take on mac ‘n cheese. If you’re going to encourage cardiac arrest, you may as well spice it up a bit, right?
The Only Guide to Roasting and Peeling You Will Ever Need!
We love chiles in whatever form we can get them, but there is something special about fresh chiles—they have a flavor and texture that cannot be duplicated by canned, dried, or frozen chiles. Here are instructions for roasting your own!
Odd Eats: Two Upcoming Weird Foodfests
Scholars blame opposable thumbs, upright stance, and tool use for how we hairless apes conquered the Earth but there’s another reason that trumps the others. Humans eat everything that doesn’t eat them first.
Visit Pennsylvania’s Chile Pepper Food Festival
By Sara Hodon Photos by Chris Markey For one weekend each year, tiny Bowers, PA (population: 300 give or take) becomes the hottest place on earth, thanks to its annual Chile Pepper Food Festival held in the town park every September. Bowers, located approximately 90 minutes northwest of Philadelphia and two hours south of New York City, is situated in …
Tour The Ultimate Chilehead Garden
From now through October you can visit the gardens at New Mexico State University’s Fabian Garcia Science Center in Las Cruces. There you’ll see peppers being grown the way the pros do it, and possibly pick up some growing tips to take home!
Ask Chef Mike: Grilling with Wood Planks
Wood planks add another dimension to smoke-cooking fish, veggies, and other foods. It’s the most fun you can have with smoke—without breaking the law!
Ghost Pepper Challenges
Before you enter a Ghost Pepper food challenge, bear in mind: the heat doesn’t stop with your mouth or your last bite. Almost two weeks ago, a guy in Hermosa Beach, California found that out the hard way when he took the Habanero Sam’s Burrito Challenge at Amigos Tacos. The victim, er, challenger, was a guy named John. He came …
