I found the Spanish chiles known as pimientos de padrón at the Downtown Growers Market here in Albuquerque and fried them in olive oil, then dressed them with sea salt. Just excellent!
Scovie Winners Speak Out
“Winning the Grand Prize of the 2006 Scovie Awards has put my company (Ashburn Sauce Company) and myself into another league in the sauce world and has opened a lot more doors.” –Willard Ashburn, Ashburn Sauce Company
Exploring the Evolution of Superhot Chile Peppers
All the hottest chile peppers in the world originated in Trinidad and Tobago. But how and why? Here are some of my theories. I invite comments on this work in progress.
Dave DeWitt on Cookstr
While you’re there, take a look around. Cookstr does a great job of organizing some of the best cookbooks in the world and giving you quick access to their recipes on one easily searchable website. You can look recipes up by chef, ingredient, or recipe title. Each recipe also has stats for difficulty, prep time, and relative cost, to boot. The nutritional breakdown listed with the recipes is great information. It will not, however, assuage your guilt when you overindulge. You’ll just have to suck that up on your own, cupcake.
Dave’s Digging The Fire Drill Burger
On Tuesday in Houston, I had lunch at a food truck—er, bus with James Wreck and David of eatmoreheat.com. Bernie’s Burger Bus blew me away with their Fire Drill Burger.
Oh, That Cochinita!
That would be cochinita pibil, the closest thing there is to a State Dish of Yucatán. Here’s a recipe for making it in a slow cooker.
Reader Question: Growing Chiles as a Business
We received this message from a reader who wants to get into the business end of chile growing, and asked The Pope of Peppers for some advice. Here’s Brandon’s question and Dave’s answer.
