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Posts tagged “chili”

Food Science: What Makes Chile Peppers Spicy?

Are you a fan of hot and spicy foods?! With our own chile peppers almost ready to be picked, we started getting curious about what makes peppers spicy and why some peppers are "hotter" than others. R...

Check Yes or No: Spicy Chocolate

We talked a lot about chocolate a couple weeks ago - we even had an interview with a master chocolate maker and video instructions for grinding your own chocolate! One of our favorite chocolate trea...

Recipe: Cincinnati Chili

It's Chocolate Week! What's chili doing here? Well, this is Cincinnati chili - a blend of cinnamon, hot pepper, cumin, and, yes, chocolate. It's not a gimmick or a mole-wannabe. Cincy chili is rich ...