Proper pepper selection, care and preparation can help you turn down the heat as needed.

The Guinness World Records has crowned Pepper X as the hottest chili pepper in the world ... In 1912 pharmacist Wilbur Scoville invented the Scoville Scale, which measures how many times capsaicin ...

But the Scoville Scale is still the official measurement, used by foodies and the New Mexico State University Chili Pepper Institute alike.

(Scoville unit rating: approximately 7,500.) “The dried red, mildly hot pepper takes its name from the village of Espelette, where the freshly harvested chili peppers are tied into braids and ...

While an episode of "Hot Ones" might have a glass of milk ready for its guests, that beverage may not be the only way to temper the scorching spice from chili peppers. A lime-sugar soda might be ...

A saucy and aromatic South Asian dish containing coconut milk, vegetables, and (sometimes) meat, curry is a staple in Indian and Thai cuisine ... on the Scoville scale, the "Guinness Book of World ...

points a finger at Thai “bird’s eye” chili peppers as the ingredient that allegedly made Walia’s Dragon Balls “unfit for human consumption.” Swangchaeng, a chef, a server and others ...