In recent years, whole peppercorns have replaced ground pepper in many households. That's also caused a boon in pepper-grinder design and sales, but there's a reason that using the whole spice is ...

Black pepper, which comes from the Sanskrit word pippali, was once known as black gold. It has one of the longest histories as a sought-after spice, due to its ability to flavor foods, act as a ...

McCormick black pepper in a photo from the company's website. Care for some freshly ground pepper on your $5 million lawsuit? Katrina Linker, of St. Louis, has filed a proposed class action suit in ...

Care for some freshly ground pepper on your $5 million lawsuit? Katrina Linker, of St. Louis, has filed a proposed class action suit in U.S. District Court against McCormick & Co. Inc., alleging that ...

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 ...

A small, wrinkly yellow-green pepper known as Pepper X is now officially the hottest chili pepper in the world, according to Guinness World Records. Ed Currie, founder of PuckerButt Pepper Company in ...

Like salt, black pepper sits on almost every kitchen table or countertop in America. But while whole books have been written about sodium consumption and human health, black pepper and its compounds ...

If you’ve ever choked down a piece of Carolina Reaper pepper or sweated your way through a splash of Carolina Reaper hot sauce because it was “the hottest pepper in the world,” we hate to break it to ...

Meet Pepper the Robot, the result of a partnership between Merrimack College students and Dr. Rickey Caldwell, now greeting visitors at the Nevins Library in Methuen. Pepper is best experienced in ...