spicy
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Even when the tomatoes are gone and the bread stall is picked clean, you can usually find some jar of something sharp, spicy and brined: giardiniera, hot peppers, spicy dills, pickled carrots.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
The recall includes products such as pico de gallo salsa, several types of guacamole, burritos, spicy sandwiches and fresh sliced jalapenos.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Pizza popped up as often as pate on plates, while one caterer from La Reunion has won social media adulation for his gifts of cari, a spicy dish popular on the Indian Ocean island.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Then he sent me home with two bottles of his favorite sauce—one spicy, one sweet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
He reached for a shaker of spicy salt and dumped half of it into his bowl.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
Bread & butter pickles aren’t an ideal choice, but they could work for a spicier lemonade that incorporates cayenne pepper and jalapeños.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2025
“Good Mythical Morning,” a daily show hosted by YouTube personalities Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal, and Sean Evans’ talk show “Hot Ones,” where celebrity guests eat progressively spicier chicken wings, are also eligible for Emmys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2025
Sean Evans is best known for his YouTube show Hot Ones, where he interviews celebrities while they eat chicken wings that get progressively spicier.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2025
The sauce is a bit spicier, the crunch on the corner edges nice and crisp without being burnt.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
The choice is partially inspired by Stallman's recent visit to China, including a lecture stop in Guangdong province, in addition to Stallman's personal aversion to spicier Hunanese and Szechuan cuisine.
From Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software by Sam Williams
Ema kam is a dried red chili, and the spiciest used in ema datshi.
From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2026
One of the spiciest dishes I’ve ever tasted was at Jitlada and they have a competition surrounding it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2024
Sept. 20, Mullenweg hosted a session that he previewed as being “one of my spiciest WordCamp presentations ever.”
From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2024
While its timebound and still stately — there’s no interrupting the largely pre-written statements usually delivered by a low-level diplomat — it’s still generally the spiciest the General Debate gets.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2023
Julia’s now redder than the spiciest hot wings.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
