Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. The other night, I got quite high and decided it ...

You'll find a little glass jar filled with crushed red pepper flakes in every nearly every pizza parlor across the country. This stuff is everywhere. But in a time when chiles like arbol and guajillo ...

Red pepper—also called bell pepper, red bell pepper, capsicum, or sweet pepper—has a mildly sweet yet earthy taste. These peppers are fully mature versions of the more bitter green bell peppers. The ...