5 to Try: Hot and Spicy Dishes

If your jerk chicken slow-cooked overnight with pimento and hot pepper needs additional heat, top it off with hot sauce.

Mess with your palate by way of the seared trout escabeche, which counterbalances jalapeno peppers with refreshing mint.

Brunch's best tongue-teaser is Indian eggs made with garam masala, then further enlivened by harissa, a North African chili paste.