There were days a couple of years ago when you might have spotted Lee Hefter, executive chef of Spago Beverly Hills, prowling through shops in Chinatown searching for an ingredient that then was ...

Discerning chefs and native plant enthusiasts are gearing up for the annual harvest of Florida Szechuan pepper. Soon you’ll see them in hedgerows and along fence lines collecting the ripe fruits of ...

In restaurants across Chengdu, China, there is a singular dish that evokes a tingling response - crispy stir-fried chicken on a plate piled high with thin red chilis. It’s called la zi ji, and as ...

There were days a couple of years ago when you might have spotted Lee Hefter, executive chef of Spago Beverly Hills, prowling through shops in Chinatown searching for an ingredient that then was ...

The mouth-numbing spice — more popular than ever in the West — remind us why we seek out unfamiliar tastes. Mung bean liang fen (jelly) crowned with raw green Sichuan pepper.Credit...Photograph by ...