As ZestFest 2008 approaches, our thoughts go out to all the cool collectibles that are available. Not sure if these will be available there, but this cool one from Red-Eye Brand would be a cool one to add to your collection. Here is the info:
Redd-Eye Brand Collector’s Edition Hot Sauce – our very [...]

Great story about yet another place to get your fix of hot sauces and other spicy foods, this one in Arkansas. Check out this story from the Joplin Globe:
Heat wave: Demand for hot sauces burns white hot, but pepper heads want some flavor too
By Dustin Shipman
For some it takes courage, for others a sense [...]

I’m not sure what is going to be more surprising or pleasing to Joe about this post; that I actually wrote here for once, or his gift which I’m about to explain.
Dear Joe,
Buying gifts for you can be difficult. It’s not that I don’t know what you like. It’s simply hard to justify [...]

This is the first of many products we tried at the most recent Jungle Jim’s Weekend of Fire show, and one whose booth should have drawn more attention that it received. Kelly’s Classic Homestyle Hot and Spicy BBQ Sauce is in the classic mode of traditional red BBQ sauces, made with a tomato sauce [...]

First newspaper coverage of the Austin Hot Sauce Festival, courtesy of the Austin American-Statesman:
Hot Sauce Festival brings tears of happiness
Salmonella scare earlier this year fails to dampen attendance, enthusiasm.
By Tony Plohetski
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Monday, August 25, 2008
First, there was the salmonella outbreak in June that officials initially suspected was linked to tomatoes. Then, earlier this month came [...]

Whooda thunk that you would find some groovy-lookin’, fine-tastin’ Texas-style hot sauce in the great state of…uh…Michigan? Check out this cool article from Mlive.com for a neat story:
Texas Traditions Hot Sauce Factory turns up heat
by Erin Albanese | The Grand Rapids Press
Monday August 18, 2008, 6:16 AM

BYRON TOWNSHIP — Byron Center isn’t the “Southwest” [...]

It’s once again getting close to all of our family birthdays over the next 2 weeks, so we’re escaping the friendly confines of central Ohio to take both a few days off combined with a job interview for Joe. Since Joe will be finishing his Anesthesiology residency in June 2009, we’ve been actively pursuing [...]

Continuing with the Australia in a Box series, we come back to Ol’ Stillmanz. I have in front of me, two very small containers of his sauces. Let’s give them a try shall we?
Ol’s Stillmanz Nagas of War Ingredients: Nagas, tomato paste, salt, brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, lime juice.
Ol’s Stillmanz Naga Fatalii Sambal [...]

Blair hasn’t been setting any land-speed records with a bevy of new products, but he sure has done a bang-up job on packaging of his tried & true hot sauce products. Colorful and distinct, each of his new sauces now has its own unique box for those who want to see it look good [...]

Well folks, we have a contest winner! Drum roll, please…
The winning caption as chosen by our celebrity judge was that from Jim Campbell, who quipped:
Joe awards the first place prize to the star center from the Special Olympics basketball team. He tells him it goes great on Mac & cheese…..
Jim wins a [...]