Farmers across southeastern Colorado don’t know in April what their Mirasol peppers — more commonly known around here as Pueblo chiles — will taste like when it’s time to harvest them in ...

It's the birthplace of the Pueblo chile and an agricultural haven where more than 100 local farms grow healthy produce each summer. Pueblo-grown Mirasol chiles grow upward, thus earning their ...

The story of Colorado’s green chiles begins in 1910, when the Mirasol pepper made its way from Mexico to Pueblo. The ancestor of the Mosco, the Mirasol has the signature flavor but is smaller ...

“You mean jalapeños?” he replied. My cheeks went as red as a ripe mirasol chile. I was the only one in the class who had not known that chiles often have different names when they’re fresh ...