While it’s getting easier to find a variety of fresh and dried peppers at the grocery store, it’s much more fun and economical to grow your own. Start seeds indoors at least eight to 10 weeks before ...

Alvin’s Island Made —Hot Pepper Hot Sauce: Made from fruity Scotch bonnet peppers, this small-batch Caribbean-style sauce packs the heat and flavor. It comes in two varieties, yellow and red, and both ...

A San Jose doctor suing a Los Gatos Thai restaurant she accuses of injuring her internally with a too-spicey “Dragon Balls” ...

For a city with a notoriously expensive dining scene, there are a number of lower-cost, high-value delights — if you know where to look.

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Each time I go to make a pot of my grandmother’s chili—cutting the recipe in half and still freezing most of it—I’m reminded of what Southern hospitality is supposed to be. It’s not about setting the ...

Dr. Harjasleen Walia, an Indian origin neurologist from San Jose, has filed a lawsuit against Coup de Thai restaurant in Los Gatos, California, alleging that their spicy "Dragon Balls" dish caused her ...

A woman is suing a Thai restaurant in Los Gatos, claiming an appetizer called Dragon Balls was so spicy she suffered chemical burns to her vocal cords, esophagus and the inside of her right nostril.

Former Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer accepted a plea deal to avoid jail time for accidentally killing a pedestrian in California last year.

Former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer accepted a no-jail plea deal for a vehicular manslaughter charge in the 2024 death of Israel Sanchez on Wednesday, May 28.

The musician who used to perform with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and allegedly fatally struck a man on a crosswalk in Los Angeles, California accepted a plea deal.

Chad Smith remembers the night in 2003 when the Red Hot Chili Peppers played for an audience of 80,000 or so amid the rolling hills of the Irish countryside. After a somewhat fallow period in the ...