Home cooks and gardeners who regularly add plenty of chili peppers to their meals may want to weigh a new finding from a ...

A major review found that people who consumed the most chili peppers had a substantially higher risk of esophageal cancer, ...

New research uncovers a surprising link between a popular ingredient and cancer risk but experts warn the story is far from ...

Water has been more limited this season, prompting some farmers to adjust irrigation practices and plant fewer chile peppers ...

Discover how Ed Currie bred the Carolina Reaper and transformed it into one of the hottest and most famous peppers ever grown ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chile peppers growing on a farm. - Aji Ilham Pratama/Getty Images Many American dishes don't come spicy, but peppers pop up ...

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This study could prompt a chili reception, but should it? Before you get too hot about a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, take a closer look what actually was done ...

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 ...

Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. The other night, I got quite high and decided it ...

Just how hot is your chili pepper? A new chili-shaped device could quickly signal whether adding the pepper to a meal might set your mouth ablaze. Called the Chilica-pod, the device detects capsaicin, ...

Consumption of chili pepper may reduce the relative risk of cardiovascular disease mortality by 26%, according to an analysis of diet and mortality data from four large, international studies. Chili ...