Over the past three decades, the colorful and often weirdly shaped open-pollinated tomatoes have become ubiquitous at farmers ...

Chipotle peppers are smoked and dried jalapeño peppers most commonly used in Mexican cuisine. They can be found plain and dried, as a powder, or canned in adobo sauce, which is a spicy tomato-based ...

Growing cilantro is easy, but this cool-weather herb quickly flowers and goes to seed as temperatures rise. This can be ...

Soon, the rainy season will pass and with the hot dry weather comes fire season, so be proactive by making your landscape ...

My readers have asked, “What can I do to get my garden going now?” Because I love getting out in the garden, I feel disappointed not having a chance to plant your seeds and bedding plants in the soil.

Instead of waiting all summer for one or two peppers to ripen, each snacking pepper plant can produce as many as fifty ...

From suet laced with capsaicin to a variety of seed types, here are a few tips to help you keep squirrels out of your bird ...

For this year’s holiday feast, we are preparing an aromatic broccoli and cauliflower tajine and a variety of salads, plus a ...

Some 60,000-year-old wild Sichuan pepper seeds unearthed at the Mengxihe Site in Ziyang, Sichuan province, have helped shed ...

Every culture has its own special soup. The belief is that a bowl will make you feel better if you're feeling under the ...

Indian cooking uses spices to awaken the flavor of foods, and to make even the simplest dishes taste vibrant and dimensional.

While this method is more challenging than buying mature plants, four experts have advice to set home gardeners up for ...