At Bakoel Djakarta, you can find the typical street food of Indonesia in Eugene. Owner Terre Astryani, originally from Jakarta, had worked under her mom's catering company since she was little. She is ...

I went to Jitlada (a thai restaurant in Hollywood) a few months and I asked the owner there (Jazz) to make my dish very spicy and it came back and it was great and I could handle it fine. Today I went ...

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 ...

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 ...

The first time I introduced my 18-month-old son Jonah to chile peppers, I cooked beef rendang. This was my way of familiarizing him to the flavors of his Indonesian heritage, something I wasn’t ...

The chemicals that make food spicy don't target taste receptors, but rather temperature receptors in the tongue. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Restaurants are bountiful as mushrooms after a spring rain as you travel east on Valley Boulevard. But on the western edge, as you emerge from the Long Beach Freeway, the culinary options are ...

Matt Fuchs lives in Maryland and writes about health, science, and technology. Photo-Illustration by Chloe Dowling for TIME (Source Image: Norman Posselt—Getty Images) Matt Fuchs lives in Maryland and ...

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 ...