carolina-reaper

When it comes to the world’s hottest peppers, it’s all about the Carolina Reaper…then everything else. Take a look at how exactly this pepper is bred.

“If it grows together, it goes together” is often a mantra for pairing flavors, and the relationship between chili peppers and agave is no different. There is something unexpected and delightful about a cocktail that has a lingering spiciness to contrast with its sweetness, which is perhaps why spicy cocktails have grown so popular over the…

It’s been a full 18 hours since I made one of the worst decisions of my personal life and professional career, and I’m still very much feeling the terribly painful repercussions. No, I didn’t make a costly editorial error on Food Republic or break up with a girlfriend I now realize was actually “the one.”…

Ed Currie swears he is not trying to hurt you. He only wants to help. As the inventor of the Carolina Reaper hot pepper, he holds the title (and blame) for developing the hottest chili in the known universe, officially measured at more than 1.5 million Scoville units and certified by the folks at Guinness…