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

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The best way to enjoy chillies and experiment with their different strengths is to grow ... peppers are sweet, hot and spicy, and can be used at any stage. Shishito’. ‘Shishito’ has slender ...

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No dish embodies fall quite like chili. At tailgates, potlucks and in slow cookers across the land, chili is a warm bowl of ...

The Chile Pepper Institute at New Mexico State University has a new home. For several decades, the institute operated out of Gerald Thomas Hall on NMSU’s Las Cruces campus. Recently, it moved ...

It is now too late to propagate chilli from seed. Plant the seedlings between 40 cm to 60 cm apart to allow for their bushy ...

If you love to eat peppers in salads, stir fries and more, give growing your own a go. Also known as bell peppers or capiscums, peppers can be grown from seed in spring, ready to crop the same summer.

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So, next time you savour these remember these health benefits of chilli. Chili, or chili pepper, is a small, spicy fruit from plants in the capsicum family. They come in various colours like red, ...