The spicy kick of chiles can boost any boring dish, but the health benefits of the beloved Pueblo fruit are as impressive as their taste. Pueblo is the ideal place to harness the power of peppers.

Here's what's new on the Pueblo business beat this week, including a well-known chile propagator's induction into the ...

Bartolo, who has lived around Colorado’s chile farmers all his life, knows the pepper’s history well. “Pueblo chile, historically, has been grown here in southeastern Colorado for many years ...

Today's hatch chiles are descendants of chili pepper plants that are centuries old and were first grown by Hispanic and Pueblo communities in the region. The valley that hatch chiles are grown in ...

Pueblo chiles are comparable to moderate jalapeno peppers and are usually a little warmer than cayenne peppers. The growing conditions in southeastern Colorado produce some of the best chiles ...

The peppers are then fried in a light and fluffy batter. Chile poblano is not a recipe but a pepper native to the Mexican state of Pueblo. Today, the chief poblanos are grown all over the country.

"And the bison slopper with the chile is my favorite," Binny Grainger said. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. "We couldn't let the only bison place in Pueblo close," Tiffany ...

Through his breeding program, he developed several pepper varieties adapted to southern Colorado, most notably, the Pueblo chile. Bartolo inherited a bag of chile seeds from his late uncle ...