Blair is BACK FROM THE EQUATOR!
Dear ChiliPal, Just yesterday I returned from Central America. My Journey was an amazing one for sure. I set out on a quest to find the best Chili Farm on the planet. I have returned to say: I FOUND IT! I met a 7th Generation farmer just north of the Equator. The journey down there was long [...]

Recipe: Chipotle Honey Glazed Chicken Wings
Chipotle Honey Glazed Chicken Wings with Toasted Sesame Seeds and Green Onion Serves: 6 Preparation time: 20 minutes Total time: 1 hour Though this version of hot wings is healthier than the classic — which is deep-fried and tossed in lots of butter and hot sauce — it’s every bit as tasty. Ingredients: 1 cup honey 2 to 3 tablespoons puréed [...]

Pepper Garden Update
Peppers - as received from ChilePlants.com - 4/10/2008 Spacing them out - 4/11/2008 Day 1 - Planted - 4/11/2008 2 weeks later - 5/1/2008 Tomatoes - 5/1/2008 Tomatoes & peppers - 5/8/2008 Superfantastic Tomato - 5/8/2008 Red Savina - 5/1/2008 Red Savina - 5/8/2008 Saturday is gardening day here in TX - and with the exception of last Saturday when I was in [...]

Pepper Fest - June 7th
Pepper Fest is being held at Sand Key Park, 1060 Gulf Blvd., Clearwater, FL on Saturday, June 7, 2008 from 10am til 4pm. Hot & Spicy Foods & Sauces to Sample & Purchase along with Pepper Plants & BBQ too! FREE Parking! FREE Admission! Call 727-423-8433 for more info or email [...]

A GOOD KICK IN THE ASS
I’m a changed man. A few months ago, after reading a review for Ass Murdering Hot Sauce, I posted a comment that said, “I refuse to buy anything, no matter how good it is, that mixes references to bodily functions with the food I’m going to eat”. Several like-minded chiliheads chimed in, but [...]

Review: Borderline Gourmet Chipotle Sauce and Marinade
First Impression: Ooo, the black label! Is this like Scotch, is there a blue, a red, a green? Whatever the case, with the fancy cursive font and the no-nonsense design, Borderline Gourmet is targeting a more refined BBQ set with this Chipotle sauce/marinade. But if we are to take the name “Borderline” to mean “almost,” [...]

Makin’ Habaneros - Part X – Transplanting
By now your seeds have sprouted and are now seedlings. If you have sown your seeds in 48 or 72 cell seedling trays, and your plants have a few good sets of leaves on them then it is probably time to give these little guys (or girls) a new, larger environment to grow. [...]

Review: Curt’s Special Recipe Salsa - Extra Hot
Curt’s Special Recipe Salsa Extra Hot Anytime I get a salsa in a box to review it will most likely be the first bottle opened, I absolutely love it and was excited to see this in my newest package from nick. The label is nothing fancy, just extra hot special recipe curts salsa on a white [...]

Review: Weekend Warrior BBQ Tools
Weekend Warrior Meat Grilling Thermometers Leave-in thermometers indicate when food is cooked to taste. Set of 4 includes 2 beef, 1 poultry and 1 pork thermometer. Glow-in-the-dark dial accents make thermometers easy to read during nighttime grilling. Stainless steel construction is safe for grill or oven use. Weekend Warrior Digital Fork Thermometer Measures temperature ranges from 0°F [...]

Giant chili market catches fire in India
HYDERABAD, India - A fire has broken out at one of India’s largest chili markets, burning hundreds of thousands of pounds of chili peppers. Residents and officials say the burning chili smoke is stinging the eyes and throats of people in Guntur in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. One local official says 150,000 bags of chilies [...]