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The popularity of New Mexico-grown Hatch chilies continues to grow and so does the availability of supermarkets to roast them for customers. Many culinary experts understand that chiles, known for ...

Wilbur Scoville was a pharmacist who devised a means of measuring the heat of various chile peppers. While the Scoville scale that he created in 1912 is not without its critics, it continues to ...

Life in Texas is never bland, foodwise, but we still don’t really understand super-hot habanero shooters (followed by a glass of milk). Hatch chiles, which are in season now, aren’t high on the ...