Spicy food can transform any meal into a sensory experience — pain, pleasure, even breaking a sweat can take flavors to the next level. While some like it hot, dialing up the heat may ruin a meal for ...

Everyone has a different tolerance for spicy food — some love the burn, while others can’t take the heat. But the scientific consensus on whether spicy food can have an effect — positive or negative — ...

This article is republished from The Conversation. Everyone has a different tolerance for spicy food—some love the burn, while others can’t take the heat. But the scientific consensus on whether spicy ...

Many years ago, I became a Phaal Curry Monster, meaning I was brave (and dumb) enough to accept a restaurant’s challenge to eat a plate of chicken drenched in curry made of the spiciest peppers on ...

Everyone has a different tolerance for spicy food — some love the burn, while others can't take the heat. But the scientific consensus on whether spicy food can have an effect — positive or negative — ...

Sometimes you might crave spicy foods out of nowhere. This sudden urge for certain foods or flavors could be triggered by different factors, including hormonal changes in your body, stress, or ...

Anastacia Quiñones-Pittman, the executive chef at José, pours one of her spicy salsas on a taco at the Dallas restaurant. Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer Jody Denton, a self-described “chili head, ...

For some, the spice ain’t nice. Throughout her life, Jennifer Allerot, 53, has ordered the spiciest foods on the menu whenever she ate at a restaurant — until she developed a stomach ulcer four years ...

Paul D. Terry does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...