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A popular spice, used like black pepper to season foods in countries such as India, Africa, Morocco, and regions of Asia.

Several varieties of peppercorn berries picked at different times, dried by using different drying processes resulting in distinctively different flavors, and mixed together to create a blend of three or four peppercorns.

A Chinese pepper grown for its spicy hot flavor. This chile is generally 1 to 2 inches in length and red in color.

A dark blackish green, triangular-shaped pepper, 3 to 5 inches long, with a wide top that tapers to a blunt end.

A family of chile peppers that are grown in various shades of yellow. Most of the yellow peppers are sweet and mild to slightly hot in flavor.

A small chile pepper that is typically harvested when it is approximately an inch in length and matured from green to red or purple in color.

A type of chile pepper that is about 5 inches in length, is green or red in color, and has a mild to medium-hot flavor.

A food seasoning that is mainly a mixture of garlic and black pepper with other seasonings such as onion, sweet peppers, and salt added, depending on the provider.

An aromatic leaf from the pepper family of plants that is typically grown in southern Mexico and northern South America and used as a food wrap.

A semi-soft white melting cheese that is made from whole, skim, or partially skim milk and contains bits of chile peppers.

A seasoning that contains pepper, lemon peel granules, salt, sugar and other spices. It gives lemon and pepper flavoring to the food on which it is applied.

A type of soup that has historical roots from the east coast of the U.S. to Jamacia. The recipes for Pepper Pot Soup vary from region to region, but a few of the common ingredients any of which may be added to make the soup include: beef stock, honeycomb tripe or corned beef, callaloo, kale, onions, okra, chile peppers, potatoes, pasta, and spices.

A dark green, tapering and narrow pepper that is five to seven inches long. When fully mature it turns a dark brown.

A small chile that is 2 inches or less in length with a color that ranges from light green when fresh to bright orange, red, yellow, or brown.

One of the smallest chile peppers but also one of the hottest. The chile is very small and has an elongated shape.

Chopped red hot chile peppers (usually Cayenne) that are dehydrated to form flakes. They are used to add hotness to food, commonly found at pizzerias as a condiment to sprinkle on pizza.

One of the most common and most popular of spices, the peppercorn is derived from the berries grown in clusters on the vine-like pepper plant.

A small but extremely hot chile pepper, which ranges in color from yellow to red and colors in between.

Chopped red-hot chile peppers that are dehydrated to form flakes. They are used to add a hotter, spicier flavor to foods and are commonly found at pizzerias as a condiment for pizzas.

When working with hot chile peppers use caution not to place hands or fingers around the eyes, mouth or other areas of the body that may be painfully affected by the capsaicin substance contained within the chiles that easily rubs off onto the hands.