Long associated with St. Augustine, the datil pepper was brought to the region by indentured workers from Minorca in the late 18th century. Or was it? St. Augustine native Anna Hamilton will unravel ...

Plus, 4 places to taste the peppers' sweet heat in Florida. Dotdash Meredith Pepper aficionados, listen up. If you think you’ve tried them all, there’s one more pepper you need to add to your tasting ...

Should you want to remain incognito as a tourist in the nation’s oldest city, there’s a simple pronunciation worth mastering: “datil.” The datil is a pepper grown in and around St. Augustine, and ...

D-Avenue resident Phillip Whitley has been growing datil peppers for years, but was in for a surprise this year. He usually lets his plant die in winter and then replaces it with a new one come spring ...