Matt Bray 
You may find yourself needing to ripen peppers off the vine if you are a gardener who has had to pick all their peppers at the end of the season. The situation may also arise if you can only find green peppers in your local …
Tunisian harissa paste can be very unassuming. It may look mild-mannered for a chili paste, but inside is a world of exotic flavors, from coriander and caraway to cumin and mint. It’s a chili paste that’s wide open for experimentation, too, and you’ll see that played out in …
Pebre sauce is sort of like the pico de gallo for Chilean barbecue — a simple fresh salsa with a ton of flavor. It’s delicious with grilled meats, whether steak, chicken, or pork. Or serve it atop toasted bread for a quick-to-make, yet surprisingly flavorful …
Candied jalapeños (a.k.a. cowboy candy) are a spicy food secret weapon. They are so unassuming in looks – just glistening jalapeño pepper slices – but their sweet and spicy quotient is off the charts. In fact, they make for one amazing secret ingredient in BBQ …
Noticing some tiny green bugs on your pepper plants? They are probably aphids. Aphids may be good for the ecosystem, but they can also cause a lot of destruction to your pepper plants, sending all your months of hard work down the drain. While you …
All plants need sufficient nutrients from the soil for them to be able to grow up without suffering from health problems. Most gardeners know that their pepper plants need nitrogen along with potassium and phosphorus, as these are included in most all-purpose fertilizers. What some …
Here’s the fun of hot sauce – there are so many ways to tweak their flavors. You can pair sweet to sweet like a mango habanero hot sauce doubling down on citrusy flavors. Or you can combine contrasting flavors. Habanero peppers and garlic are just …
Have some gochujang (Korean chili paste) in your kitchen and wondering what to make next? Bring your sandwich spread to life with gochujang aioli. It works well on both vegetable and meat-focused sandwiches. And the heat? Since the gochujang is cut with mayo, it’s much …
Simple syrup is the quiet workhorse behind half the cocktails you order out, and swapping in a habanero version turns almost any of them into something with real fire. It’s three ingredients and about forty-five minutes, most of which is waiting for it to cool. …
The technique you use for watering your peppers is crucial to the success of your crop whether you are growing bell peppers or Carolina Reapers. Peppers need water like every other plant, but the amount of water and your watering routine has a significant impact …
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