Yesterday, I talked about how to turn dried, Mexican chiles into powder or paste that can be used in any number of dishes. Today, we’re going to put those ingredients to use in a batch of chili con ...

Welcome back to Charlie’s dried chili adventure. In previous installments, we talked about how to prepare dried chilies as powder or puree and how to transform those ingredients into award-winning ...

There are so many kinds of red-pepper flakes. Getting to know them all can give your dishes a glow up. By viewing dried chile flakes not just by heat level but by flavor, home cooks can wander a world ...

Mexico City chef Patricia Quintana offers these tips for working with fresh and dried peppers in The Taste of Mexico (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, $30). Preparing fresh peppers: To roast, heat a frying ...

LOS ANGELES — At Ventura’s Arroyo Verde Park on Sunday, if you squinted really, really hard, you could almost believe you were in the mountains of New Mexico — the steep, brush-covered hillsides, the ...

Brandon Mallett and market manager Ted Galvan take out a fresh batch of roasted Anaheim peppers at Virginia Avenue Park, Farmers Market on Saturday. The roasted papers will be sold throughout the ...