Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. The other night, I got quite high and decided it ...

You'll find a little glass jar filled with crushed red pepper flakes in every nearly every pizza parlor across the country. This stuff is everywhere. But in a time when chiles like arbol and guajillo ...

Red pepper—also called bell pepper, red bell pepper, capsicum, or sweet pepper—has a mildly sweet yet earthy taste. These peppers are fully mature versions of the more bitter green bell peppers. The ...

If you’ve heard of the handy gardening hack of sprinkling chili around your flower beds to deter problematic pests or animals, you might be tempted to use this pantry staple instead of a harsh ...