capsaicin

I spent Sunday afternoon basking in cool, sunny weather in Williamsburg's East River Park, enjoying the involuntary tears that come when you've tried about 50 of the hottest sauces available on the market today. Thankfully there was plenty of beer and tequila to wash it down. Oh wait, the beer was splashed with hot sauce…

Putting together the list of the top 10 Test Kitchen recipes of 2012 certainly was a walk down memory lane. I got to re-live moments like the Really Hot Wait For Peanut Brittle To Set In The Summer When There's No Room In The Freezer, and of course the beer can chicken outtakes — which…

I’m writing this drunk. Well, not drunk. I’m wired. But not on caffeine or sugar or something a little harder. I’m wired on heat. More specifically, the liquid heat packed into a bottle of Prometheus Springs Pomegranate Black Pepper Capsaicin Spiced Elixir. What’s happening to my body (and did I mention I’m feeling pretty good…

Most people would agree that the creation of food is considered an art. While this may be true, the fundamentals of food—and of flavor—rely greatly on science and how the molecules in our food interact with the molecules of our bodies. That being said, consider this a lesson in the science of food. Today’s topic:…