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Entries for February, 2009

Valentine’s Day should be hot with chile pepper fire

If you’ve never had spicy chocolate, then you are missing out on a fiery-sweet treat. With the bazillion pounds of chocolate that are given and consumed on Valentine’s Day each year, it takes an astute observer to notice that there is a better way to turn up the heat for Valentine’s Day other than [...]

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6th Annual North Market Fiery Foods Festival

6th ANNUAL FIERY FOODS FESTIVAL
February 21, 2008
Has the chilly weather given you a touch of SAD (seasonal affective disorder)? Come to the North Market Fiery Foods Festival on Saturday, February 21 and let our fiery foods, chili contests, cooking demonstrations and lively music kick your winter blues! AMATEUR CHILI COOK-OFF FULL. REGISTRATION CLOSED.
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Love at First Spice

We had kept this on the down-low for quite a while, but we can now let the cat out of the bag….
We have made our debut as writers for Chile Pepper Magazine, and are featured in the March 2009 edition, which is their annual Hot Sauce edition. The article is entitled, “Love at First [...]

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2009 Jungle Jim’s Weekend of Fire show information

All the official information for the 2009 Jungle Jim’s Weekend of Fire show is now available online. You can check the website HERE, or just download it directly via this .PDF file we have made available to the public:
2009 Weekend of Fire Information
As usual, we plan to attend and enjoy the festivities. Hope [...]

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Passow Turns On The After Burner

Ah, The Hippy Seed Company. How you sauces never disappoint. Your new AfterBurner sauce is probably the best one of your line to date!!!!!
AfterBurner Ingredients: Birdseye’s, Scotch Bonnet, seedless grapes, brown sugar, vinegar, garlic, ginger, rock salt, peppercorns, lemon juice, bay leaves.
I think the label on this one needs a little time in the [...]

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A hot sauce-themed apron you would be proud to own

We certainly have our fair share of chile pepper-themed kitchenware, from dish towels to cookware to casual china. All those are in regular rotation of stuff we use pretty much every day of our lives. When we received an email from Irene Shurson of Iowa City, IA about the aprons she makes for [...]

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Chok’On Dis Blaz’n Glaze by Bisummo

Good things come in little packages…or sometimes bottles. These might not be little, but good things have come from the Bisummo company and this Chok’On Dis Blaz’n Glaze is another of their line which we would like to bring to your attention.
Our best reviews come from our kitchen creations, so we decided to turn [...]

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All Spice Cafe

JD Cowles, the mastermind behind All Spice Café’s wonderful wing sauces, was kind enough to send me 3 of his most popular concoctions. I have here in my grubby little hands “Caribbean Spice”, “Chipotle Garlic” and “Cayenne Habanero..(the ‘XXX’version…yeah!). All three are a brilliant orange color and all natural. I’ll write a short review of [...]

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