Cooking With Chilies: A Guide to Fresh and Dried Chile Peppers, Heat, and Flavor
Chile peppers can be sweet, grassy, fruity, smoky, earthy or intensely hot. Heat is only one part of what they contribute to food, which is why choosing the right chile matters as much as deciding how spicy you want the dish. Capsicum peppers originated in the Americas and spread around the world after European contact,…
