The holidays always bring a bevy of beverages for seasonal sipping. In recent years, we’ve tried the Gingerbread Martini, the Rudolph, and the Snowglobe. This year, apparently, we’re making hot Dr ...

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Aleppo and Aleppo-style pepper is commonly used in Turkish, Lebanese, and Middle Eastern cooking, where it offers more complexity than grocery store red-pepper flakes. While there are many varieties ...

Black pepper is a widely used spice that may offer benefits for heart health, digestive health, healthy blood sugar and more. A compound in black pepper called piperine can have potent ...

Adding a little spice to your diet can boost your health. Research has shown many health benefits of capsaicin, the active ingredient in cayenne pepper. But that doesn't necessarily mean you'll get ...

While pepper spray contains the same ingredient used to soothe sore muscles, the concentration used in crowd control or personal safety situations is many, many times higher and will feel painful and ...