Results tagged “peppers”

The Chicago Botanic Garden will be hosting All About Peppers weekend, a celebration of all things hot and spicy, this weekend. Sweet peppers will also be showcased, but we’re less excited about those. There will be tours of the garden focusing on pepper varieties, vendors, special decorations and informational signs throughout the garden. The CBG grows more than 40 varieties of peppers, so if you’re looking to experiment with something new, this would be a great time to visit!

We mistakenly told the other Chicagoist foodists that November was National Chili Month when, in fact, it was last month.

The FDA declared tomatoes safe to eat yesterday, after that serious salmonella outbreak that hit Our Town especially hard. If you're looking to make anything with jalapeno or serrano peppers, however, you're still playing with viral fire.