With chile season teasin', we couldn't pass on the opportunity to indulge in green chile cheeseburgers on Edible's Green Chile Cheeseburger Smackdown Social Media Crawl.

Some like it hot and some not so hot. I’m one of the latter. Thanks to the Chile Pepper Institute at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, I can ban the burn and savor the spice with my new knowledge.

Growing up in the Midwest, my childhood idea of Southwestern food was mostly tacos, salsa, guacamole, burritos and refried beans. Then I started traveling and discovered a wonderful world of culinary treasures.