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The Local Food Report
As we re-imagine our relationships to what we eat, Local Food Report creator Elspeth Hay takes us to the heart of the local food movement to talk with growers, harvesters, processors, cooks, policy makers and visionaries

Chili Peppers Take Root on the Cape

Elspeth Hay

  Chili peppers aren't native to the Cape. They do best in hot climates, and archeologists believe they were first domesticated in Ecuador. But this week on the Local Food Report, Elspeth Hay talks with a Woods Hole gardener who grows chili plants year-round. It's the first in a three-part series on local chili peppers. 

You can find a recipe for chili pepper salad dressing on Elspeth's blog, Diary of a Locavore.

 

An avid locavore, Elspeth lives in Wellfleet and writes a blog about food. Elspeth is constantly exploring the Cape, Islands, and South Coast and all our farmer's markets to find out what's good, what's growing and what to do with it. Her Local Food Report airs Thursdays at 8:30 on Morning Edition and 5:45pm on All Things Considered, as well as Saturday mornings at 9:30.