It never ceases to amaze us that more people seem to want to know more about chile peppers as time goes by. This article touches on some “chile peppers 101″ concepts that we’ve mentioned numerous times before, but also alludes to some current research being done at Harvard with capsaicin and its future as [...]

Back in Egypt during the time of the pharaohs or during the Roman empire, evidence shows that they used mustards with their foods. However, mustard really didn’t start its road to prominence until the English (with their horseradish mustard) and the French (with their Dijon mustard) started toying with its formula hundreds of years [...]

Just to remind you about next year’s show in NM so you can start making your travel plans if you haven’t done so already.

It’s Show Time in Albuquerque!
The 20th Annual National Fiery Foods & Barbecue Show is in it’s third year at the Sandia Resort and Casino Events Center. The venue was a huge success [...]

We use spice mixes a fair amount these days. While most of them are simply sprinkled lightly over dishes to give them a little extra flavor, there are some that are worth highlighting as truly adding something extra to a meal. We had gotten a sample of this “Truckee” BBQ Rub recently, and [...]

As we struggle, in a way, to find a use for all the peppers we have either grown or otherwise acquired, we present a fabulous recipe (courtesy as an excerpt from an article in the Detroit News) for a poblano salad that looks to be out of this world.
Poblano Salad Topped With Pounded Chile-Scented Chicken
(Cooking [...]

We started talking about some of our favorite products and it created an idea which just had to be posted. If you were going to be stuck on an island and could only have a few hot and spicy products with you, what would they be? We came up with some of our [...]

We’ve been so looking forward to trying this Fra Diavolo Pasta sauce from Csigi Chili Sauce since trying it a few months ago, but the perfect meal opportunity just hadn’t presented itself. Finally, the stars aligned and we had our idea. If we were going to make an Italian-type dish for dinner, we [...]

I stumbled into an Albertson’s grocery store the other day and to my surprise they had a large selection of hot sauces! This is just proving the fact that pepper products are become a standard across the country. I decided to pick up some cheap thrills and one of them is Walkerswood Plenty Hot Jamaican [...]

Heeeeeeeeere’s Jonny! Well after a much too long hiatus from reviewing I’m back and almost fully recovered.
For those who don’t know, I was bitten by a brown recluse spider on September 3rd right on the side of my face. Needless to say my face swelled up to 3 times its normal size causing me to [...]

We’re always on the lookout for good cooking sauces, particularly ones that fit our yen for hot & spicy foods. When they’re not too terribly hot, they should at least be spicy in the sense of the flavor. This product, the Roasted Reds Cooking Sauce with Peri-Peri, is just such a sauce.
This particular [...]