THE LIP-TINGLING, mouth-numbing effect of Sichuan (or Szechuan) pepper is so important to Sichuan cuisine that it has its own word: ma. Intensely aromatic with a floral-like citrus flavor, Sichuan ...

Food: Bold, Chinese fare tweaked with garlic, ginger and hot peppers. Service: Aims to please with quick drinks and menus but at peak lunch time hours service slows down in crowded room. Atmosphere: ...

Pepper House, a local Chinese restaurant in Ellicott City, is attracting people from all over after getting national recognition as one of the county's top restaurants. Nestled along Route 40 in an ...

Mary and I are fans of Asian cuisine and appreciate the spicy heat to be found there. Near our garden shed stands a trio of thorny Szechuan peppercorn shrubs (Zanthoxylum simulans). Szechuan pepper is ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Any food that can make your tongue tingle has got to be worth a taste. I’m not talking a seltzer-like zippiness or even a searing chile-like heat. I mean ...

There were days a couple of years ago when you might have spotted Lee Hefter, executive chef of Spago Beverly Hills, prowling through shops in Chinatown searching for an ingredient that then was ...

Any food that can make your tongue tingle has got to be worth a taste. I’m not talking a seltzer-like zippiness or even a searing chili-like heat. I mean literally tingling because your tongue is at ...

To give you the chance to dabble or dive in head first, we’ve scouted out three Denver dishes that create a definite buzz, from an appetizer with Sichuan-pepper training wheels, to a tofu dish that ...

People have been telling me lately about Red Pepper Sichuan Bistro, which one reader described in an email as “the most un-Towson of restaurants.” The new spot comes from Ping Wu, owner of Charles ...