Entries for May, 2009

Passow Still Thinks Marco Should Be Famous

It’s been quite a while since I reviewed anything by Marco’s Sauces so I checked up with him to see what he’s been working on. All is a-okay in his world and he sent me over his soon to be released Tequila Beer BBQ Sauce to check out.
Marco’s Not Quite Famous Tequila Beer BBQ Sauce [...]

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T-shirt proof that you are a chilehead!

Al (a.k.a. Buddah) passed along this cool info for those of you who might be looking for a cool gift for your favorite chilehead, even if it is yourself:
A couple of my co-workers, Ann and Roy Tolliver gave me a nice gift after they returned from their Las Vegas trip. They know my love [...]

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Basic Chile Sauces

Okay, I am all about sampling and experimenting with new chili sauce brands and hell there seem to be as many as grains of sand on the beach these days.   One good thing is that we now have more healthy option to choose from made made with natural ingredients.  Evolving from with those who’s [...]

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Donte to bring his “inferno” of writing to the Hot Zone Online!

Introduction of Donte Allen, the Hot Zone Online’s newest writer!
Please allow me to introduce myself:
I was born in Cleveland, OH so from birth I was already off to a good start. Now, I was raised in Cleveland but I will also add to that NYC, as I spent many summers staying with my cousins [...]

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Big Orson Salsa

Trying to create a new and exciting salsa in the marketplace can be about as challenging as trying to recreate the wheel. Skeptics will tell you that there are only a finite number of potential ingredients and their combinations are also similarly limited. Such nay-saying is totally lost on the fine folks at [...]

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Quierras Mas Mexican Relish

I have had this product, the Quierras Mas Mexican Relish, sitting on my shelf in the fridge for a while now. Every once in a while, it caught my eye and I wondered, “How the heck am I going to use this?” Then, I’ve grabbed what I originally opened the fridge to get [...]

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A perfect hot sauce posting for Memorial Day weekend

A quick bit of info from Doug at Peppers & More:
My Fellow Americans…..
I would like to take this time to share with you a mission I have been on for the last several months. If you are like me, you sometimes take for granted the simple every day things we experience on a daily basis [...]

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Check out the “Chile Man” at Viva! Vienna! this weekend

For those of you in the Northern Virginia area this weekend, here is an event you may wish to check out, courtesy of the Chile Man:
THIS WEEKEND
I’ll be at Viva! Vienna – right downtown. C’mon out and chill for a while!!!
Sunday, May 24
10 am – 6 pm
Monday, May 25
10 am – 6 pm
The Chile [...]

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Get a little Slap Ya Mama info-mation

The Slap Ya Mama seasoning company is one that we should be all over like white on rice. Given that we just love using dry seasonings in our cooking, it seems to be destined that we discover their products for ourselves someday. Perhaps we’ll run into them at an upcoming trade show, but [...]

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A little dab will do ya, right?

We never cease to be amazed at what cool chilehead stuff that comes out of our North American neighbors…but damn this was funny. If you have ever taken this sort of dare, or watched a friend do it, then you know what we mean. Check out this short article from The Daily Gleaner [...]

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