Manufacturers in Jamaica say the key chilli peppers they need are in limited supply.

From Jamaican jerk chicken to Haitian beef stew, Caribbean cuisine dishes out some serious heat. Known for being super-flavorful, island recipes also tend to have a bit of a kick — and often, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chicken soup is a comfort food, a restorative elixir, and has its rightful place in nearly every food culture across the globe. In ...

Scotch bonnet peppers are the chilies of choice in Caribbean cooking, lending a fiery bite to sauces and marinades. Pureed with sugar, scallions and warm spices, the yellow-red pepper pods are an ...

Now that we are in the warmest months of the year, we see a lot of our spring crops in decline. But there are a few crops that are still producing, and some will continue to produce until the first ...

Across the region and the diaspora, the Scotch bonnet lends its distinctive, tart, numbing heat to this hot sauce, offering a taste of the islands and a punch of flavor. By Korsha Wilson As a child, ...

A: Although Scotch Bonnet peppers resemble habanero chiles — and both belong to the Capsicum chinense species — they have different heat levels and flavor profiles. Also, habanero peppers are easily ...

This simple starter of fried plantains quickly became the star of Adrian Forte’s menu at Sam Jordan’s modern Caribbean restaurant Lucia, which opened on Fairfax Avenue in the spring. The caramelized, ...

In this easy version of the popular Jamaican street food, whole crayfish are steeped in a spicy mixture of water infused with fruity Scotch bonnet chiles. The summer I turned nine years old was the ...

The Scotch Bonnet hot pepper (Capsicum chinense Jacq) thrives well under tropical and sub-tropical climatic conditions. These peppers fall within the group of ‘super-hot’ chiles with a heat rating in ...