Fiery food mavens seeking to one-up each other now have to gear up for a whole new test of culinary bravado: the world's hottest chili pepper. Yes, the Naga Viper, the latest claimant to the ...

That’s one spicy, paint-peeling pepper. The Naga Viper, a cross between three of the hottest exiting varieties, is set to become the hottest chili in the world. It’s so hot that it can strip paint.

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Spicy food lovers know chilies arrive in every shape, size, aroma, and heat level imaginable. Mild peppers bring a gentle kick to tacos, while fiery monsters can make even the boldest eater tear up ...

A South Carolina pepper grower once again holds the record for the hottest pepper in the world, and this year’s is the hottest ever, he says. Ed Currie, of Fort Mill, made his way into the Guiness ...

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Part of a competition in Northeast India, Pu Zozam ate five chili peppers, then collapsed. Food scientists call the Bhut Jolokia he ate one of the world's hottest peppers. Writer Mary Roach talks ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Ronnie Walley wants to get his hands on some special pepper seeds. If he can get just 10 or 15 seeds of the Naga Viper, he can add the newly named world’s hottest pepper to the ...

Anyone with a fondness for hot chiles should know the Dorset naga. It was developed by Michael and Joy Michaud, owners of a British mail-order seed company (seaspringseeds.co.uk). They started with a ...

Anyone with a fondness for hot chili peppers should know the Dorset naga. It was developed by Michael and Joy Michaud, owners of a British mail-order seed company (seaspringseeds.co.uk). They started ...

Anyone with a fondness for hot chili peppers should know the Dorset naga. It was developed by Michael and Joy Michaud, owners of a British mail-order seed company (seaspringseeds.co.uk). They started ...