As many of you know, I could not attend last year’s Weekend of Fire at Jungle Jim’s because I had foot surgery. For the very same reason, in addition to two other little reasons, I was not able to attend bigger shows as well. This means I was out of the chilehead community for a [...]

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The saga of this new pepper, the Naga Viper, is fascinating to watch unfold. Time will tell if this pepper hangs around and becomes part of the mainstream pepper “establishment,” but for now it’s a cool new fad. This article was noteworthy if for no other reason than the subject of the article, Ronnie Walley, [...]

I never get tired of seeing the mainstream media piling on to the chile pepper bandwagon when it comes to non-culinary uses. Heck, peppers have been around for a few thousand years before most of modern man, so it’s nice to see that us humans are still on the learning curve on what to do [...]

The world has a new hottest chile pepper, the Naga Viper, which apparently comes from a greenhouse in Cumbria in England. Check out this article from the online UK DailyMail to see this article. Wonder who will be the first to make a Naga Viper hot sauce? Place your bets now, folks. Neither Mexico nor [...]

Nice to see that the bhut jolokia is finding a foothold in America’s heartland. Check out this article, courtesy of the Nashville Scene magazine: The world’s hottest pepper spawns a cottage industry in Nashville Kiss of the Ghost Chili by Jim Ridley Typically, if you want to promote a food item, the last thing you [...]

Multiple versions of this story are floating around the Web, but check out this article published in the online Chattanooga Times Free Press: Couple suing Steak ’n Shake after hot sauce incident By: Harrison Keely CLEVELAND, Tenn. — A pastor and his wife are suing a waiter at Steak ’n Shake and the company itself [...]

Scotty B’s Hot Sauces continue their phoenix-like rise from the ashes, and with articles like this one from the Agoura Hills Patch, you can see why. Especially given that many of these sauces were ones we personally liked, we hope that trend continues: Fresh from the Farmers Market: Scotty B’s Hot Sauces These dressings add [...]

In general, when you make it to the hallowed pages of the New York Times, you gain a level of mainstream accessibility not often achieved locally, regionally, or otherwise. This article from James Gorman at the online NYT re-visits a few oft-repeated topics about the beneficial health benefits of eating chile peppers, their potential for [...]

I absolutely adore this article from the UK’s Guardian Online, for more than one reason. First, it uses the word masochism when it comes to how people are who eat spicy chiles. It also talks about the evolution of spicy snacks and a little bit of the science that underlies the chile pepper itself, which [...]