Who doesn't love to see a platter of jalapeño poppers come out at a party? Well, those who can't handle the heat. Here's a ...

If you've wondered whether jalapeños have become less spicy over the years, you're correct, but the reason they're changing ...

Hot sauce — those two words alone can get some folks’ mouths watering, while they make others cringe. Some never leave home without a bottle of the stuff somewhere on their person; others fear even ...

In Texas, we find spice so nice we had to proclaim it twice. The Lone Star State is home to not one but two officially sanctioned chiles. In 1995, the Texas Legislature declared the ubiquitous ...

Hot peppers’ spicy heat is measured in Scoville heat units, named for Wilbur Scoville. The level of heat was originally determined by a panel of individual tasters. (Tetiana Kolubai/Dreamstime) Don’t ...

CONCORD, N.H. -- Perhaps it's because I'm from the Northeast, but I'm just not accustomed to food causing pain, at least not intentionally so. Nor to it carrying dire warning labels. That's probably ...

Chili history was made in 1912 by chemist Wilbur L. Scoville, an employee of the Parke, Davis & Co. pharmaceutical company of Detroit, now part of Pfizer Pharmaceutical Group. While developing the ...