Sure, it sounds like a gimmick, but when this fast food joint makes you sign a waiver before you eat its hottest chicken ...

In Chicago, small-batch makers are producing some of my favorite sauces right now — I bring them out when I host and I ...

There is a line of reasoning that suggests eating something hot on a warm summer day makes it seem cooler. In this case "hot" ...

A little heat from this fiery spice might be just what your applesauce needs to go from boring to beloved. (And no, it's not ...

Ohio State researchers discovered three natural compounds—capsianoside I, roseoside, and gingerglycolipid A—that reduce the perceived spiciness of chili peppers without altering their capsaicin levels ...

Pepper spray has a very high score on the Scoville heat units (SHU) scale, which measures the “heat” of peppers. On the Scoville scale: a bell pepper measures 0 SHU a jalapeño pepper scores ...

For more than a hundred years, the Scoville Heat Unit (SHU) scale has been the go-to method for rating chili pepper heat. SHU scores are based on how much capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin a pepper ...