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MexGrocer Teams Up With the Pope of Peppers
Always looking for ways to improve the scope of their website and help consumers choose the perfect product, online Mexican food mega-site MexGrocer has teamed up with our own Dave DeWitt to add expert product reviews to their site.
Flavor Wheel Takes the Guesswork Out of Picking Peppers
The Chile Pepper Institute’s Chile Flavor Wheel is a chilehead chef’s best friend. The wheel is similar to flavor and aroma wheels designed for wine, only for chile peppers instead.
Ask Chef Mike: Why Heatless Jalapeños?
Q: I heard about some guy who has developed a jalapeño pepper with no heat. Why would anybody do that? A: Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? Some manufacturers of hot products prefer to use heatless chile varieties and add heat later during processing through the addition of concentrated capsaicin oleoresin. This provides a measurable, more …
Battle for the World’s Hottest Record Continues
Whenever someone tries to lay claim to the biggest, best, or most intense record for pretty much anything, they run the risk of being challenged. When the subject is the world’s hottest pepper, the stakes are high, both monetarily and in terms of publicity. If you’ve ever dealt with chileheads, they can be every bit as fanatical and obsessed about …
Dave’s Chile Podcasts To Begin
Sunbelt Shows, Inc., owner of Burn! Magazine and the Fiery Foods & Barbecue SuperSite, has announced the launch of Dave DeWitt’s Chile Podcasts, a weekly audio show that features interviews with the top leaders and characters in the fiery foods and barbecue industries. The theme of the first series of three podcasts is “SuperHot” and features interviews with James Beck …
Now Available: The New Issue of Burn!
Hey all you lovers of peppers, smoke, and sauce, the new issue of Burn! Magazine is on the virtual newsstand and ready for reading. I hope you’ll enjoy the newest issue. It’s chock full of great information like a how-to for making your own pastrami, an article all about salsa, recipes for Cinco de Mayo, a recap of the 2011 …
