Brought to you by the folks over at the Hot Sauce Blog, please check out the Step Up for Charity Reserves listing that Nick posted a few days ago. Having just finished our own charity project not too long ago, we realize how important it is for the chilehead community to lend their support to [...]

A great many chileheads out there are subscribers to Chile Pepper magazine. We have been for many years, having issues that go back 10 years or more. In fact, we now have so many issues at home in our collection that we can’t reasonably stack them up anymore without them tipping to one side and [...]

Within minutes, beads of sweat began to gather on Ken Harris’ face just as he finished a habanero burger — boasted as the world’s hottest burger.

Now with this introduction, this sounds like it should be starring one of us in the role of suffering hero due to self-inflicted habanero hell.
For more about this restaurant called [...]

We love it to see one of our HZOB faves continue to have success, particularly with media coverage. Check this new article out about Uncle Brutha:
Get fresh with hot sauce guru Uncle Brutha
In the article, Brennan hints at some new ideas he has for some upcoming sauces. Can’t wait to try them once they’re on [...]

Joe’s been friends with Jed for a long time. Seen in the pic here, Jed (a.k.a. John McClure) was indeed one of Joe’s first friends he made in Lexington during his long-ago move from New Orleans, LA to Lexington, KY. As a friend, former roommate, and fellow Miskatonic Student Union alumnus, we shared a lot [...]

Hello! Chili-Head Jonathan Passow officially reporting in for The Hot Zone Online Blog! I’m the newest reviewer for Joe and Linda’s little blog, which I felt honored that they asked me to do reviews for them. So let me tell you a little bit about myself, since I was told that an introduction was necessary.
I [...]

This past Saturday at our very own North Market, we attended the Grillmasters Festival for 2006. It was billed as the North Market’s “first of its annual summer food festivals with a tribute to backyard cooking enthusiasts.” Now we do passably well grilling out on our own gas grill, but the thought of tasting the [...]

For several weeks, we have toyed with the idea of growing a couple of pepper plants this year. In previous years, we have ordered pepper plants from both Cross Country Nurseries and the Chile Woman, but didn’t need a total of 6 plants this year…which is the minimum you can order through either one of [...]

As of this past Friday, June 16, our Hot Rock for Autism charity project came to a close for 2006. Regardless of any goals we set for ourselves, this event was a rousing success. Through our eBay auctions and through private donations, we raised
$656
for the Autism Society of America. We should recognize those who supported [...]

We don’t kow them all that well, but we like ‘em well enough to send out some well-deserved kudos to the ladies of Three Hot Tamales who had this great online article from the NorthJersey.com site:
Award-winning Three Hot Tamales hot sauces got start in Garfield kitchen
We are definitely looking forward to trying their products at [...]