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By: Joe & Linda on May 11, 2008- 7:55 pm

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It’s been awhile since Passow did his mega-review on the products from California Habanero Blends, but we’re happy to see them in the news again. Check out this article from the ChicoER.com about Tim Sharkey and his fine products from California Habanero Blends:

Hot sauce creator fed up with “blah”
By LAURA URSENY - Business Editor
Article Launched: 05/11/2008 12:36:56 AM PDT

Tim Sharkey grew up in Vallejo in a family that loved to cook. His grandmother was a miracle maker with Spanish dishes, and he developed an appreciation for food with pluck.

But as the recipient of too many bottles of gifted hot sauce that were “just bad,” Sharkey took to the kitchen to concoct a respectable sauce.

He spent weeks stirring, adding, testing, coming up with a line of sauces for use in cooking, grilling and shaking on.

Sharkey has coaxed the best — not the bad kind of bite — from habanero chilies and other ingredients with his line of sauces, sold under the name California Habanero Blends.

“They’re really not too spicy. Just right.”

Click here to read the rest of the source article from the ChicoER.com


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Congrats on the great write up, Tim!

Comment fired by Jonathan PassowMay 12, 2008- 10:46 am


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