A versatile way to enjoy chili peppers throughout the year: chili powder, chili oil, pickled chili sauce, hot pot skewers,

This episode is a collection of all things chili pepper - spring sowing, early-summer roasted chilies, midsummer strings of chilies drying under the sun; an autumn bowl of red-oil noodles, wild pickled chili peppers, fermented chili paste, and rustic preserved chilies; plus wintertime hotpot with skewers and sour-broth flavors.

It's a promise made with time itself, capturing the countless tastes of chili peppers.

Spring's birth, summer's growth, autumn's harvest, winter's storage - three meals a day, four seasons of life, and all the mountains and rivers bearing witness.