A pepper must have been fully ripe for the seeds to be viable. That is it should have been red, bright yellow or orange. If it was green, the seeds were immature and will not viable. (The ...

Where I live in New Jersey, it's the best time of year to buy a variety of colored bell peppers at the farmers market for great prices. The red bell peppers that I love to roast and freeze for my ...

The bell pepper market class under which the peppers are sold in the U.S. only includes a species known as Capsicum annuum. The coloring of some C. annuum varieties may be influenced by their maturity ...

Bell peppers in a variety of colors and tastes are available at grocery stores, specialty produce stores, and some farmers’ markets. In addition to the common red and green peppers, you may see white, ...

Bell peppers are one of the few vegetables that taste better cooked well rather than eaten raw or just quickly sautéed. Raw, a bell pepper has a bitterness that I find unpleasant, especially in an ...