Sitting 80 miles north of the Mexican border, in the epicenter of America’s pepper-growing belt, is the village of Hatch, New Mexico. A small farming community of 1648 inhabitants, Hatch is famous for the chile peppers that bear the town’s name. In fact, Hatch is the “Chile Capital of the World.” It’s possible that this title might be self-administered. The town even has an annual Labor Day festival to celebrate the mouth-numbing power of its chiles. Based on more than just spelling, rest assured that the little town of Hatch does not consider the Chili’s restaurant chain an authentic outpost of Tex-Mex cuisine. READ MORE ››
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