Stories & Origins

From the deep foodways of Latin America to the heirloom journey of the Fish Pepper in Baltimore, every pepper carries a story. Dig into their roots, celebrate their cultural homes, and uncover the human stories behind the spice.

 

A Brief History of Chiles in Poetry

Heirloom Fish Peppers Carry on the Story of African-American Cookery in Maryland

Okracast: The Resurrection of the Fish Pepper

“I got hot sauce in my bag, swag”: The Diasporic Roots of Hot Sauce in Black American Culinary Culture

Tragedy Broke My Grandmother’s Will to Cook—But Not Ours

The Chile Pepper in China: A Cultural Biography

The History of Chili Peppers in China: How the oversea plants travel in China

The science and history of chili peppers: an introduction for amateur chili heads

How Chillies Came to Rule Over Our Palates

Spice, Memory and MigrationL the History of Tunisia’s “Red Gold”

How a Korean-American Farmer Is Sharing Her Heritage Through Rare Seeds

A Guide to the Peppers of the World

Peppers: A Story of hot pursuits by Amal Naj 

Chili Peppers: A Global History by Dave DeWitt

Hot Peppers: The Story of Cajuns and Capsicum revised by Richard Schweid

The Chile Chronicles: Tales of a New Mexico Harvest by Carmella Padilla

Meet Smokin’ Ed Currie: The South Carolina Pepper Farmer who Created the 2 Hottest 

Peppers on Earth

Fire-eaters

Aji Charapita

The Quest to Save Chili Peppers from Climate Change

The Scotch Bonnet’s Journey from the Orinoco River Valley to the Jerk Pit

Oh, Spicy Day!

What is Harissa, the Spicy, Peppery Condiment We’ll Never Quit?

America’s Oldest City Has a Pepper You Can Only Really Taste Here

Caribbean Barbecue Is Forged in Fire, Spice, Fruit, Acid, and Heat

I’ll Have the Red: Hot Sauce, Island by Island

 


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