Filaree Farm in Okanogan, Wash. (509-422-6940, www.filareefarm.com), sells some of the spiciest stuff available, including the red-tipped Persian Star from Uzbekistan and Russian Inferno from, interestingly enough, Spokane, Wash.
Last week an Indian woman wolfed down 51 "ghost chilies, " -- the world's spiciest -- in two minutes and smeared the seeds on her eyes for an entry into the Guinness World Records.
His wife, who had been most excited to see the Floating Market, slept even through dinner, for he remembered a meal in the hotel with only Romi and Ruma, in a solarium overlooking a garden, tasting the spiciest food he'd ever had in his life as mosquitoes swarmed angrily behind his children's faces.