He threw a banquet for me and I was inducted into the Accademia Italiana del Peperoncino, or the Italian Academy of Chile Peppers…
A Kentucky Barbecue, 1897, by John James Audubon
As the youth of Kentucky lightly and gayly advanced towards the barbecue, they resembled a procession of nymphs and disguised divinities…
The Taming of the Wild Chile: Part 1, The Tolerated Weed
Chile peppers are absolutely American; along with corn, squash, and beans, they are among the earliest plants domesticated by mankind in the New World…
Dam Busters, A Review
Each of those bombers carried a single 9,000 pound bomb, and their mission was to destroy three German hydroelectric dams…
Historical and Hysterical Reactions to Eating Chile
It was pure chile—red pepper. It was fire itself. I was burning all the way down and up and every other way…