Once upon a time, an innocent blog editor was walking through the dark forest (okay, it wasn’t a forest, it was Twitter), when she was offered a pretty jar of jelly by an evil witch, who told her it was made from ghost peppers (well, it wasn’t actually a witch, it was Suzanne from Suzanne’s Kitchen.
Super Hot Test Field Yields New Info, Fresh Pods
There’s some hot stuff going on in southern New Mexico. This year, an acre of land near Las Cruces was planted with several varieties of super hot chiles. Could this spell hope for a struggling New Mexico chile industry? Marlin Bensinger and Dave DeWitt think so. There are even some fresh super hot chiles available for sale!
Enter Your Recipe in Dave’s Gourmet Million Dollar Contest!
Dave’s Gourmet has just launched a recipe contest and the winner will receive up to 1 MILLION DOLLARS in royalties. The creator of Dave’s Insanity Sauce is looking for new product ideas and you’ll feel the warm glow of success if your recipe is a winner. You’d be insane not to enter.
Muchos Macho Nachos
Ah, nachos…you gotta love ’em, if only for the absurdity they inspire. The Ninety-nine Restaurant in Bellerica, Massachusetts just set a world record for a mess of nachos weighing 3,999 pounds. Not everything’s bigger in Texas.
Feisty Pumpkin-Chorizo Pizza
From flesh to seeds, pumpkins pack a wealth of nutrition, including vitamins A, C, E, iron, carotene, anti-oxidants and more. They have zero cholesterol, they’re inexpensive, tasty, and they look cool. What more could you ask of a vegetable? Try out this unique pizza featuring pumpkin and chorizo.
Porky, Porky Night
Van Gogh painted with bacon, Lady Gaga’s tender loins draped in…tenderloin; a gorgeous model in a chile-studded bikini; re-purposing food for art and fashion seemingly knows no bounds.
The Mushroom Chronicles
For the first time ever, I went hunting for wild mushrooms. They definitely don’t qualify as spicy, but what mushrooms lack in heat, they make up for in flavor!
