Chile Out

Restaurant Business Magazine reports that capsaicin, the hot stuff in chile peppers, gives relief from cluster headaches, an intense and debilitating pain around one eye that strikes about 1% of the world’s population. In an Italian study, 16 sufferers were treated with a capsaicin nose spray; over the next 60 days, 11 reported no more headaches.

‘Cue TV

If your attempts at barbecuing usually end up in ashes, you could send for a video by Louis Williams, who claims his secret--which took him 10 years to develop--will let you grill tender chicken and ribs in less than 90 minutes without parboiling or undercooking. It’s $19.95 plus $4.50 shipping and handling from Better Bar-B-Que, P.O. Box 8458, West Palm Beach, Fla. 33407.