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),”…
China should be one of the great “hot spots” on the world map of the chilli. Chilli is everywhere in…