Anyone who’s eaten Sichuan peppercorns knows you don’t simply taste the distinctive spice—you feel it. The ingredient’s instantly recognizable prickly sensation activates on the tongue ...

“It was an interesting flavour to build because the overall spicy, pungent notes had to balance the numbing sensation one would get from eating Sichuan peppercorn, chilli and spices,” she sai ...

This Sichuan peppercorn spice rub offers an unusual but delicious variation to the usual leg of lamb. The meat goes very well with spring onion pancakes or naan, but, if you don't feel like making ...

For the third part of our series on spices, we turn to the Sichuan pepper, famous for its tingling, spicy kick. Known in Japan as “hoajao,” the plant is from the citrus family, just like ...