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Episode 19: Chili peppers. How one plant conquered the world
Chili peppers feel so deeply connected to cuisines around the world that it’s hard to imagine Indian, Korean, Thai, Chinese, Hungarian, African and countless other food traditions without them.
Except…until about 500 years ago, none of those places had chili peppers.
In this episode, we follow the chili pepper from its origins to its journey around the world, before getting into our modern obsession with making peppers hotter and hotter, the surprisingly fun science behind the burn, and, of course, how understanding chilies can make us better cooks.
In this episode:
Where chili peppers…
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