It’s no secret that chile is a popular and essential crop in New Mexico.Now researchers at New Mexico State University are working to develop more nutritious and better-yielding chile pepper varieties ...

If the grand dame of Mexican cooking were a foodstuff, Diana Kennedy might be a pickled pepper. Absolutely indispensable at the table — but be careful, a little chile habanero goes a long way. Three ...

Part one : the plant -- The soul of the Mexicans : a brief history of chile peppers in Mexico -- The Chiltepín harvest and chile sauces and condiments -- The milpa and the mostly meatless origin of ...

Hoja santa (Piper auritum) is an aromatic herb with a large, heart-shaped, velvety leaf which grows in the tropics of Latin America. The name hoja santa means “sacred leaf” in Spanish, but it goes by ...

Grocery store jalapeños are generally less spicy today than decades ago due to selective breeding for consistency in processed foods like salsa. In the early 1980s, Dr. Ben Villalon developed the TAM ...