Just to have a little roll-call, here is a short bio on each of this blog’s writers:

Joe Levinson is a resident of Columbus, OH after spending many years living in both Kentucky and Florida. His undergraduate degree is from the University of Kentucky, and he’s a maniacal, rabid fan of UK basketball. Joe is a doctor and graduated with his D.O. degree from the Pikeville College School of Osteopathic Medicine in 2005, and currently in residency in Anesthesiology. Joe has been collecting hot sauces for over 13 years, but his love of hot & spicy food goes back to his formidable younger days when he used to pollute his mother’s cooking with cayenne pepper and hot sauce…then blame it on his brothers. He married Linda in 2000 and they have two sons, Ari and Joshua. A little crazy about hot sauce, he’s been known to do silly things like eat raw habaneros and taste too much extract sauce at any given time. Joe is one of the main writers for this blog.

Linda Levinson is Joe’s spouse, also lives in Columbus, OH, and is was born & lived for many years in the greater Chicago-land area. Linda also lived for many years in Austin, Texas before moving to northern Virginia in 1998 where she met Joe, then living in Baltimore, MD. Linda works a lot harder than Joe much of the time. She’s a full-time student at the Ohio State University with a major in psychology, and plans to graduate in 2007. She is also the full-time mother to sons Ari, age 4, and Joshua, age 1. Ari is autistic, and is making much progress thanks to a lot of help through his school and through Linda’s efforts while Joe’s at work for 80 hours per week. Linda is every bit as much of a chilehead as Joe, but tends to like stuff a little milder sometimes and is big fan of most foods made with chipotles. Linda is responsible for almost all the creative processes involved in the design and technical components of this blog, and does some writing as well.

Chuk Hell is a resident of Austin, Texas for almost 20 years, and an aficionado of hot & spicy food of the highest order. Not only does Chuk grow his own chile peppers, but he also makes his own hot sauces and salsas. Chuk makes a living in the culinary arts, and is a baker by trade. We also understand he is quite the musician and raconteur. Chuk was the very first writer we asked to help us with the blog, and his Featured Product writeups are top-notch. For more info on Chuk, go HERE for his intro.

Jon Passow is a resident of Hollywood, CA, but a native of Cleveland, OH. In addition to being a rabid chilehead, he is a “quasi-famous” actor with an ever-growing list of films and TV shows to his credit. He also grows his own peppers, in addition to a wide variety of other fruits, veggies, and other miscellaneous flora. Jon has a background which includes some journalism and is passionate about his love of hot sauces and spicy food. He has also been known to sport a mullet famed in both song and story. For more info on Passow, go HERE to see his intro.

Tina Brooks is a resident of Rigaud, Quebec in the Great White North of Canada and is co-owner of Brooks Pepperfire Foods (aka Peppermaster). Tina is also a long time Chilihead and spends some of her travel time in the Bahamas gathering peppers for the sauces she makes with her husband Greg. Besides making some great sauces, she’s also a lover of spicy fare of all nationalities. Although she describes herself as a “self-indulgent narcissist,” we love it when she graces our blog with her writings. She has a great introduction, which you can read HERE.

More writers may be added in the future, so we’ll update this listing when/if that happens.

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