Now that we are in the warmest months of the year, we see a lot of our spring crops in decline. But there are a few crops that are still producing, and some will continue to produce until the first ...

Jim Penne wanted his jerk sauce to be as authentic as possible. So he grows his own Scotch bonnet peppers. "My wife and me have been to Jamaica many times and we really love their jerked foods. I ...

Across the region and the diaspora, the Scotch bonnet lends its distinctive, tart, numbing heat to this hot sauce, offering a taste of the islands and a punch of flavor. By Korsha Wilson As a child, ...

Javier Santelices, owner of Pancho Picante, planted 1,000 pepper plants on a quarter-acre at the West Virginia University at Parkersburg Riverhawk Farm last spring. He is in the process of picking the ...

Gardening expert Ciscoe Morris loves hot peppers and wants to dispel a popular myth about growing them in the Pacific Northwest. “A lot of people say you can't grow hot peppers because we don't give ...

Each year, it seems as though our local garden centers are offering more varieties of chili peppers to choose from. How do you know what to buy? How can you use them or preserve them? Hot peppers, or ...