Using the traditional ghost pepper, along with two other strains, a British pepper grower has recently produced what’s now considered the hottest pepper in the world, trumping the ghost pepper’s running claim on the title. We’ll spare you some of the measurements used to produce the Scoville scale, but we’ll …

Here is a great video of the 2010 Royale Derby Party Derby Day at the Royale from bill streeter on Vimeo. Bill Streeter’s pix Jeff Curry’s Pix Carrie Zukoski’s Pix RFT pix