The highlight of Diamante's Chilli Pepper Festival is the Chilli Eaters' Marathon, in which contestants try to eat the most chopped peppers. Courtesy FestivalPeperoncino.org Chilli-eating champion — ...

Gardeners across the UK are being encouraged to sprinkle chilli powder in their gardens this June, and it's all for a very good cause. It may seem strange, but chilli powder is an excellent ...

Pepper X is the hottest chilli in the world, according to a statement from Guinness World Records. The chilli is around 500 times hotter than a jalapeno. The squat, ...

Unlike ginger and Sichuan peppers, which are native to the region and widely used, chilli peppers were brought to China from the Americas by Portuguese and Dutch explorers only in the 16th century.