Siberian Hot Stuff

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By Sharon Hudgins Location Photos by Tom and Sharon Hudgins                Pepper Vendor      Recipes:      Garlic Cheese     Apple-Horseradish Sauce     Korean Carrot Salad      Adzhiga Nobody thinks of Siberian foods as spicy-hot. And in general that’s true. But delve beyond surface impressions and pallid Russian restaurant fare, and you’ll soon encounter some surprisingly spicy elements of this northern cuisine. …

In Search of Hot Stuff in Costa Rica

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By Dave DeWitt and Nancy Gerlach   Recipes: Spicy Sweet Potato Soup Gallo Pinto Avocado Herb Omelet with Hot Chutney La Junta Jalapeño Steaks Picadillo de Chayote Cinnamon-Spiced Dessert Plantains with Natilla Cream   In September, 1992, your editors joined forces once again to invade a Central American country–ostensibly for a vacation, and this time Costa Rica was the target.  …

Jalapeños Alive and Hot in Mexico

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 Nancy Gerlach reports from Yucatán:  I never thought I’d miss New Mexico chile so soon, but I do. The only fresh green chiles that are available here are poblanos. Of coarse we do get fresh jalapeños, habaneros, xcatik, and serranos. Last week I made a batch of my barbecue sauce substituting guajillos for the NM red and it didn’t have …

How to Cook with the Superhot Chiles

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By Dave DeWitt This superhot kitchen situation is not for the faint of hearth! Over the past few years we’ve seen a dramatic escalation in the heat levels of certain varieties of the species Capsicum chinense, those fiery habanero relatives. When I got started in the fiery foods biz more than two decades ago, the orange habanero was king of …