How to Add Heat to Your Food Without Scorching Your Tastebuds
Spicy food is a lifelong adventure. Even for the wary, the sensitive, the adamantly spice-less, there’s usually a moment when unexpected spice makes its way into the hors d’oeuvres at…
These Vegetables Will Still Ripen After You Pick Them
This time of year, gardeners have to make hard choices. Rain and overnight chills present risks to your vegetables on the plant, but you also want to be sure you’re…
Turn Your Bounty of Peppers Into Spicy Pepper Jelly
It’s pepper season, but if you planted some earlier this spring, you already knew that. Much like tomatoes, I’m having a hard time keeping up with my pepper plants, but…
Save Yourself From the Next ‘Jalapeño Gate’
Photo: Eakrat (Shutterstock) Many gardeners across the U.S. have found themselves embroiled in a controversy that’s been dubbed “jalapeño gate” in the press and on social media. Although it’s hard…
How to Prep, Store, and Cook With Hatch Chile Peppers
Eating at a restaurant in New Mexico usually starts with the choice between red or green chiles, a question for which there is no wrong answer. Red chiles bring the…
Put Some Chili Peppers in Your Shitty Pink Wine
Photo: Claire Lower When I first saw this Bon Appétit article suggesting I add sliced jalapeños to my rosé, I thought about getting angry, but then I remembered I was…
Make Jalapeño Popper Charcuterie Bites With Pizza Dough
Photo: Allie Chanthorn Reinmann Among the many important, society-shaping innovations the ‘90s brought us–Playstation, text messaging, and Tickle Me Elmo–the jalapeño popper is unjustly overlooked. We’ve followed our hearts and…
Your Next Hot Dog Deserves a Bánh Mì Treatment
Photo: Allie Chanthorn Reinmann This is an urgent hot dog public service announcement: You need to bánh mì your next dog. Immediately. Forget the mustard and the relish, and prep…