Story and Photos by Harald Zoschke The Peperoncino Festival is still a day and a half away, so there’s some time left to explore the regional restaurants. And we’re hungry … La Locanda di Zio Rocco In an alley just off the Lungomare (seaside promenade), we stumble across a trattoria – a small restaurant with just three tables inside and …
Growing Chiles on a Balcony in Central Stockholm, Sweden
By Mats & Patricia Pettersson This is a story from Kungsholmen in Stockholm, Sweden. Kungsholmen is one of the fourteen islands that comprise Stockholm. Kungsholmen may not be very famous, but there is one event that you probably have heard of, and that is the Nobel Prize ceremony. The Nobel Prize party is held in the City Hall, the building …
Oaxacan Chiles: Report from the 2000 Fiery Foods Test Garden
Story and Photos by Dave DeWitt Fiery Foods & BBQ Central Recommendations Chile Pepper Bedding Plants… over 500 varieties from Cross Country Nurseries, shipping April to early June. Fresh pods ship September and early October. Go here Chile Pepper Seeds… from all over the world from the Chile Pepper Institute. Go here During the taping of my documentary video series, “Heat …
Forget the Soil! Grow Hydroponic Chiles
By Willard Bridgham Fiery Foods & BBQ Central Recommendations Chile Pepper Bedding Plants… over 500 varieties from Cross Country Nurseries, shipping April to early June. Fresh pods ship September and early October. Go here Chile Pepper Seeds… from all over the world from the Chile Pepper Institute. Go here Story, diagrams, and photos by Willard Bridgham, EPCOT greenhouse photo by Harald …
Capsicum chinense Mutant Pods
Chile Gardeners from Around the World Sent Us Pics of Their Capsicum chinense Mutants! This mutant from Dan Prall’s gardenhas a filament extension. Glenn Reynolds calls this extension a dragon claw. Here are two unusualextensions on themutant from the garden of Dan Prall. The pod looks like it has exploded in this mutant from Glenn Reynold’s garden. …