Brooks Pepperfire Foods Inc., one of Canada’s top-ten food innovators of 2008, plans for expansion were threatened by the surprise closure of CIDEM-Techno, a Montreal-based business incubator. In an attempt to recover from the interruption in its business plan, Greg and Tina Brooks developed a creative strategy to recover the lost time, money and resources.
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Back in February, I had the pleasure of enjoying a dinner with John Hard (aka CaJohn) and he pulled out this “Mystery Hot Sauce” for us all to enjoy. Well, at the end of the night I snagged what was left of the bottle and trucked it back to the lab for analysis. Here’s what [...]

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Weekend of Fire Salsa Contest Winners & a FREE jar of salsa to YOU!
This salsa contest started a few months back and now I am proud to announce the final 4 salsas judged to compete at the [...]

I have had a lot of posts that have referred to it, but I can finally now say that my residency in anesthesiology is now over. Today was my last day as a resident, and I am so glad it is finally done. I have really neglected a lot of the reviewing that [...]

Well, the wailing and gnashing of teeth over the academic part of my anesthesiology residency is now over! I have been ruminating over the possibilities of what I was going to write that involved my greatest and most passionate hobby, and it finally came to me a few months ago. I have expounded [...]

Here comes another review for the Chipotle powerhouse that is Chuck Evans’ Montezuma Brand. This time I’ll be taking a look at his new Triple XXX Salsa Habanero which comes adorned with a brightly colored label.
Montezuma Triple XXX Salsa Habanero Ingredients: Tomatoes, tomato puree, onions, Habanero & Chile peppers, tomato paste, lemon juice, vinegar, garlic, [...]

We here at the Hot Zone Online are baseball fans. Big-time ones. In fact, we even participate in a fantasy baseball league where the winners get dozens of bottles of hot sauce. Well, here is a shout-out for something that mixes America’s pastime with our favorite thing, hot sauce. We might [...]

Benito….Baaaaaaaaanito….Benito! Neat-o Benito! See, it’s just fun saying the name of this hot sauce company. Well, enough fun, time to get to work. Benito’s Hot Sauce is a company that’s trying to do as much organic ingredients as possible in a wide range of products. I was sent four of their sauces to review to [...]

Here’s another new product to keep an eye out for when you go shopping. Even thought they aren’t being marketed as anything more than “medium” heat, we love to see stuff that is All Natural and Gluten Free. Here is their new product announcement for the market:
New Paso Robles Condiment Company Launches First [...]

We’ve taken a little respite from the blogging thing for the past week as Joe has been in his stretch run to the end of his residency. However, our minds still wax towards hot sauce…to no one’s surprise, we’re sure.
Joe had his end-of-the-resident year party with his friends & co-workers this past Friday night. [...]