Descriptions of Szechuan peppercorns could apply to a drug as easily as a spice. The peppercorn smell is wild and perfumed, and the taste is electric. Devotees swear it's both addictive and medicinal.

Szechuan pepper is best known for the electric, tongue-tingling sensation it adds to dishes. But the dried berry husk may ...

Robert Sietsema is the former Eater NY senior critic with more than 35 years of experience covering dining in New York City. It’s been four long years since Eater New York’s looked at the ...

If you’re like me, God help you, you’re a sucker for cheap thrills, like the exciting physiological response that accompanies various items of consumption. Problem is, booze is so 2019, isn’t it? On ...