The Big Heat

The Big HeatIn honor of this month's Day of the Dead, we offer a tribute to the mystical chili, a fruit so hot it could wake a few souls1IWso IT COULDa fewSOULSk magine the hunter-gatherer in South America 8,000 , years ago who had the cojones to be the first man to chomp into a diili pepper. As the capsaianoids bound to the pain receptors in his mouth, he probably shouted, ' "Damn, that's hot!" llien when the endorphins kicked f in he no doubt thought, Mmm, gonna have another! Before...