“What makes our chile special is it’s grown in Hatch, New Mexico, and a place where my family has been farming for over 80 years,” said Chris Franzoy, manager of Young Guns Chile.

Each year, 30,000 visitors descend on the nearby farming town of Hatch to celebrate the harvest (and en masse roasting) of the long green chiles named for this fertile valley.

They’re just peppers, right? The thing is, they aren’t. Hatch chiles (yes, that’s how New Mexicans spell “chile”) are a singular product of the high desert of the 47th U.S. state.

Just when things begin to heat up in July, they get extremely chile, as in green chile, the luscious, tongue-testing, super-flavorful pods o' magic that are grown in and around Hatch, New Mexico ...