Full disclosure: I was at last year’s Arizona Taco Festival, competing (for reasons I’m still trying to justify) in the Hot Chili Pepper Eating Contest. From my view on the main stage (and through the ...

A man who entered a ghost pepper-eating contest landed himself in the hospital with a 1-inch hole in his esophagus – a condition that can be fatal – according to a new report. The ghost pepper, also ...

It was a hot day down in Berks County, and we're not talking about the weather. Saturday was the second day of the 29 annual Chile Pepper Food Festival! Any type of pepper you could ever hope or dream ...

Karyn Ruhl tasted a jalapeno pepper the other day. "It didn’t go so well," she said. The potent pepper isn’t for everyone, but Ruhl hopes people who like their food hot show up for the chili pepper ...