Caponata with Focaccia

Caponata With Focaccia — Deliciously Sicilian 

This comes fully loaded with Sicilian flavors. In its glossy, smoothly rich sauce, caponata is savory, sharp, sweet, salty, and sour. Serrano peppers light its fire, and a golden focaccia loaf turns it into an elegantly simple lunch or supper. Bewitching. In that lovely word’s …

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jalapeno popper grilled cheese sandwich

Jalapeño Popper Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Once you’ve tasted a jalapeño popper grilled cheese sandwich, it’s hard to return to plain-Jane cheddar on bread. It’s souped-up comfort food in all the right ways. And yet, this recipe is so simple to make. It’s six simple ingredients and pretty much the same …

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Jalapeno mac and cheese

Jalapeño Mac And Cheese

Who can resist mac and cheese? We sure can’t, especially when it’s transformed into something a whole heck of a lot spicier. For instance, this spicy jalapeño mac and cheese recipe featuring plenty of pepper jack cheese and chilies. It’s mouth-watering just reading it. Jalapeño …

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Bokit

Bokit With Colombo-Spiced Pork

On its Caribbean-island home of Guadeloupe, they call it ‘bo-keet’. Fillings vary enormously, but what’s constant with bokit is the gorgeous, deep-fried bun. Ours are packed with juicy, hotly spiced, slow-roasted pork, and served with a traditional, lime-sharpened Creole dressing fired by bird’s eye chilies. …

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Spicy masala eggs with khichdi

Spicy Masala Eggs With Khichdi 

This is where super spicy meets satisfyingly simple. Rich with tomato, onion, and classic Indian spices, our spicy masala eggs are fired by cayenne peppers and brightened with lemon juice. Those big-hitting flavors are paired with the creamy, softly spiced, rice-and-lentil delight called khichdi. If …

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Ranch style beans

Ranch-Style Beans

Sure, you need some planning, but homemade ranch-style beans are a world better than what you’ll pick up in a can. Most of the recipe is slow cooker time, and the prep is mainly rehydrating your pinto beans and ancho peppers, so the effort needed …

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Jamaican jerk chicken

Jamaican Jerk Chicken: Hot And Richly Spiced

This big-hitter from Jamaica is powered by jerk seasoning — a vibrant blend of high-heat chilies, allspice, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, garlic, onions, and limes. Sweetened by caramel-y brown sugar, and darkened with salty soy, it pairs perfectly with delicately tender chicken. This Jamaican jerk chicken …

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Peri-Peri Chicken Livers: Deserving Of Top Billing

So much better when they’re not just the supporting act… Chicken livers with peri-peri peppers. Fab, right? But why not do them the justice they really deserve by highlighting them in a sensational main course. What’s so great about these spicy chicken livers? First, chicken …

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