Joe & Linda Levinson reside in Columbus, Ohio and are the original minds that created this blog. They consider this a labor of love since they spend a majority of their time doing things that are unrelated to the business of the hot & spicy world. However, that doesn’t mean they’re any less interested in making sure the world knows everything there is to know about hot stuff. They take a lot of pride in making sure that the site began and remains non-commercial.

Here’s some personal information about the couple…

Joe spent many years living in both Kentucky and Florida before landing here in Columbus, Ohio. His undergraduate degree is from the University of Kentucky, and he’s a maniacal, rabid fan of UK basketball. Joe is a doctor and graduated with his D.O. degree from the Pikeville College School of Osteopathic Medicine in 2005, and is currently in residency in Anesthesiology. Joe has been collecting hot sauces for over 13 years, but his love of hot & spicy food goes back to his formidable younger days when he used to pollute his mother’s cooking with cayenne pepper and hot sauce…then blame it on his brothers. He married Linda in 2000 and they have two sons, Ari and Joshua. A little crazy about hot sauce, he’s been known to do silly things like eat raw habaneros and taste too much extract sauce at any given time. Joe is one of the main writers for this blog.

Linda was born & lived for many years in the greater Chicago-land area. Linda also lived for many years in Austin, Texas before moving to northern Virginia in 1998 where she met Joe, then living in Baltimore, MD. Linda works a lot harder than Joe much of the time. She received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the Ohio State University, and is currently enrolled as a graduate student in Counseling and Applied Behavioral Analysis at Nova Southeastern University in an online program. She is also the full-time mother to sons Ari, age 6, and Joshua, age 3. Ari is autistic, and is making much progress thanks to a lot of help through his school and through Linda’s efforts while Joe’s at work for 80 hours per week. Linda is every bit as much of a chilehead as Joe, but tends to like stuff a little milder sometimes and is big fan of most foods made with chipotles. Linda is responsible for almost all the creative processes involved in the design and technical components of this blog, and does some writing as well.

Here are some posts that further describe their love of hot & spicy food…

Our Love for Anything Spicy

Our Collection

Hot Sauce Collection Pics

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