Well, I finally got around to using some of the “hotter” hot sauces from the folks at Arturo’s Hot Flavors of Hawaii. I have been carrying this sauce around with me for a few weeks now, and each time I sit down to try and write something…I’m not sure what to say. It’s [...]

Gretchen VanEsselstyn, the editor for Chile Pepper Magazine, sent us this quick update about the latest news for their upcoming events:
2009 Fiery Food Challenge on the web!
We wanted to let you know that you can now enter the Fiery Food Challenge from our website at chilepepper.com. Entry season has just begun, and you have just [...]

Ever since our review of the Ass Murdering Hot Sauce we did a few weeks ago, we’ve been finding lots of different entrees to use it upon. However, we aren’t the only ones to find good uses for it. Check out this recipe pass along to us from Todd Ross of Bisummo.com:

Ass Murdering [...]

It’s always a pleasure to do reviews on spicy snack fare, and beef jerky is no exception. Jerky itself, I’m told, is fairly easy to make. That said, few jerky makers seem to make jerky fairly well. Too dry. Too touch. Too bland. The list goes on and on. [...]

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 [...]

We have already announced that our good friend, Mark, over at The Chile Man.org has brought out his second batch of Naga Snake Bite. I just recently received a bottle of his Private Reserve with 10 whole naga pods contained in the sauce. I’ve already reviewed his first batch with 5 pods and this tastes [...]

Oh, the pleasure of being a science geek! If anyone is interested in the chemistry of capsaicin, then you’ll love this article from a recent online article in the Science Daily:
Chemists Measure Chilli Sauce Hotness With Nanotubes
ScienceDaily (May 8, 2008) — If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen and into [...]

A few weeks ago, we had written about an article which talked about Jake Melnick’s Corner Tap in Chicago and their dedication to spicy fare. Well, the debate rages on…this time about the merits of spicy chicken wings. Check out this cool article from HALife.com which revisits Jake Melnick’s as well as other [...]

Well, we finally manage to upload our photos of the 2008 Cinco D’Ohio show and it is now available for viewing:
Cinco D’Ohio 2008 slideshow
Many of the pictures were good, some were not. All are available for viewing/digestion. It was awesome fun both being a judge for all the competitions as well as just [...]

We will have our own pictorial rendition of the goings on from this past weekend’s Cinco D’Ohio event at the North Market, but in the meantime we’d like to offer up some pictures courtesy of Donavan Stanley at the Mommy It Burns Blog. Check it out:
Geckofiend’s 2008 Cinco D’Ohio photo album
Donavan was victorious [...]