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Get Ready for May Foodie Holidays

Get Ready for May Foodie Holidays

May is for food lovers. No really. Sure, there are foodie holidays damn near every day of the year. But, there are few months as satisfying as May when it...

Get Ready for May Foodie Holidays

May is for food lovers. No really. Sure, there are foodie holidays damn near every day of the year. But, there are few months as satisfying as May when it...

5 Tips for Creating Hot Sauce at Home

5 Tips for Creating Hot Sauce at Home

How many different hot sauces have you tried in your life? Could you count them all? And how many times have you tried to make your own hot sauce at...

5 Tips for Creating Hot Sauce at Home

How many different hot sauces have you tried in your life? Could you count them all? And how many times have you tried to make your own hot sauce at...

Americans Want Spicy Fast Food

Americans Want Spicy Fast Food

Remember Ghost Pepper fries? How about all the other limited release items you’ve seen on fast food menus over the past two or three years. (If you can’t think of...

Americans Want Spicy Fast Food

Remember Ghost Pepper fries? How about all the other limited release items you’ve seen on fast food menus over the past two or three years. (If you can’t think of...

There’s a Lot More to Hot Sauces than Heat

There’s a Lot More to Hot Sauces than Heat

When’s the last time you really took a look at the hot sauce shelves at the grocery store? Or any fast food (or fast-casual) menu? Whether you’ve just done it,...

There’s a Lot More to Hot Sauces than Heat

When’s the last time you really took a look at the hot sauce shelves at the grocery store? Or any fast food (or fast-casual) menu? Whether you’ve just done it,...

Think We’re Done Revolutionizing Chili Peppers?

Think We’re Done Revolutionizing Chili Peppers?

Think again! That’s right; the chili peppers you know are just the beginning. Okay, in fairness, we’re probably a lot further down the evolutionary road than that. But, we’re nowhere...

Think We’re Done Revolutionizing Chili Peppers?

Think again! That’s right; the chili peppers you know are just the beginning. Okay, in fairness, we’re probably a lot further down the evolutionary road than that. But, we’re nowhere...

Substituting Powders, Pastes, and Sauces

Substituting Powders, Pastes, and Sauces

t would be difficult to ignore the influence of chili – in any form – in our food these days. It is simply everywhere, from fast food joints to salad...

Substituting Powders, Pastes, and Sauces

t would be difficult to ignore the influence of chili – in any form – in our food these days. It is simply everywhere, from fast food joints to salad...