Mexico is renowned for its vibrant food culture, and at the heart of many of its dishes lies the humble yet powerful chilli pepper. With their fiery flavour and deep cultural roots, chillies are more ...

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 ...

It saves me from having to walk away from half-finished food, and I can actually appreciate the flavor of the pepper. Allie has been Lifehacker’s Food Writer since 2021. She earned her bachelor’s ...

Love a good, fiery chili pepper? Nutritionists explain all the reasons they love you back. We know that it's delicious, but is spicy food good for you? Without giving too much away, if you didn’t love ...

Many people love the rush of eating spicy food, but there’s more to hot peppers than a burning tongue. A growing body of research suggests that regularly consuming spicy food, particularly chilli ...

A really easy chilli con carne recipe with loads of flavour even though it uses mostly store cupboard ingredients. You can experiment with how hot it is by leaving the seeds in the fresh chillies or ...

Many of us enjoy turning up the heat with a little extra chilli in our food, but it turns out that those who “like it hot” might be unknowingly adding a few more years to their life and not just their ...

It is not an exaggeration to say that chilli peppers and spicy food are available on pretty much every street in China. The pungent, heat-infused foodstuff is so ubiquitous people joke that if a ...

Festival's highlight is a chilli-guzzling contest featuring 10 steel-bellied contestants Reigning champ Maurizio Capocchiano says he's been eating chilli since he was an infant When it comes to ...