Well, this pains me to say and do, but after being in the journalism business for over ten years and with The Hot Zone Online for over five and a half years, I’m hanging up my press hat. It’s been a long road filled with twists and turns that kept me on my mental feet.

Well, more than one person has noticed that this blog has been dormant for about a month now. While we do have several authors, I have always said that the blog defers to their real life stuff like jobs, families, etc.
That issue finally hit home with us, and I lost my full-time job about [...]

All right next weekend it is time once again for the “biggest gathering of chileheads in the world!” I have a few questions. Who will be there? Are you an attendee or an exhibitor? Have you been there before? What do you recommend? If you are an exhibitor, what new products are you offering or [...]

Please welcome a brand spankin’ new writer here to the fold at The Hot Zone Online. Cleverly penned in the third person, here is the introduction:
Michael J. Hultquist is a chili pepper enthusiast who loves cooking creatively with spicy food. He runs Chili Pepper Madness (http://www.chilipeppermadness.com) and Jalapeno Madness (http://www.jalapenomadness.com) where he focuses on [...]

Following the upcoming Grillmaster’s Festival event at Columbus’ North Market, there will be a chileheads dinner following the Saturday slate of events. Dinner will be at 7pm at Fiesta Jalisco in Columbus. We want to place a reservation to assure us all a big table to ourselves, so please let us know your [...]

One of the great things about being a spicy food blogger is that there is no shortage of products that are available to you to review. One of the tough things about being a spicy food blogger is…the same reason.
Every time we go to an industry show, we get a little further [...]

No, Sandi, we ain’t calling you “old.” However, we did find a picture of a famous “Sandi” to use for you to introduce you again to our blog following. Sandi has graciously agreed to become one of our authors and to contribute her thoughts on some of the hot & spicy products we [...]

Zane & Zack’s World Famous Honey Co.’s “I dream of Hot Sauce” is up for auction! Packaged in a gorgeous 1973 Jim Beam”I Dream of Jeannie” bottle, the top is covered in gold and silver wax and the bottle is numbered and signed by the whole Zane & Zack’s crew. There are only 25 in [...]

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We have a new logo, in case you haven’t seen it:

We decided to make it possible to get a groovy new t-shirt, hat, mug, and some other flair with our logo on it. There is certainly no shortage of cool chilehead-themed t-shirts and other apparel out there, [...]

It’s been a couple of days, but we have indeed returned from our Caribbean adventure on the “Spice of Life” cruise with our fellow chileheads. We will write more in the next few days, as we are still a little wiped out from the travel. Above you can see some of the swag [...]