One of the major growing areas of the chilli in China lies in Zhecheng, Henan, a few hours southeast of…
Even as I do not have so many different kinds of chiltepin anymore, some diversity still remains – even just…
The history of the Aztecs – or at least the historiography in the Codex Mendoza – has a little pointer…
If you know hardly anything about chile peppers, you know they are pungent. Hot. The spiciness goes deeper, though… all…
heatstories is a little podcast project of mine; not (so much) about particular varieties/types, but about hot spices, their history,…
Chilli for the cold? The usual argument is that chilli is popular in the heat of the tropics. At the…
A post-script to the (pre-)Christmas time, something to think about… a pre-script to a recipe?
Obukucha 大福茶 is a Kyoto tradition that can actually be a few different kinds of tea. Whatever exactly, it is…
One hears about Sichuan pepper, but actually, this is misleading. Various species of Zanthoxylum give spices that are “Sichuan pepper(corn),”…