Hope you’re enjoying your week as we ease into the winter months. In the past couple of newsletters I’ve described the hustle and bustle of the chili pepper harvest season. I feel like the mania that built up during summer peaked a couple weeks ago at the NYC Hot Sauce Expo.

The event was everything we hoped for with lots of engagement with hot sauce enthusiasts and makers. We gave out more samples of Craic Sauce over a two day period than ever before, receiving lots of positive feedback, especially with our Brian Boru’s Curry sauce.  

I'm about to be really busy this month prepping peppers after the harvest, going to some markets, and slanging Craic Sauce at Hot Sauce Alley at Chilifest, put on by my friends Kitchen Garden Farms in Western Mass.

Before the craziness ensued, I went out west with my brother and cousin to visit our cousin in Seattle, and then we all went down to the PDX Hot Sauce Expo together.

Hi there, It finally feels like spring is here in Boston, and I hope it's getting warm where you are too. The super-hot peppers I've germinated the past couple months are going into the garden, and I'm dreaming up new hot sauces for Craic Sauce. Pepper growers are ramping up their spring schedule, and one of them...

A few weeks ago, I gave you a New Years Resolution to go to a hot sauce festival, and you’ll get all the motivation you need after listening to this podcast with Steve Seabury from High River Sauces. Steve’s a hot sauce legend and has great advice for putting on hot sauce festivals. 

One borough over from Steve is Tim from Pepplish Provisions in Queens, NY. I enjoyed chatting with Tim and was really impressed with his sauces, especially his Peach Agave Garlic sauce, which I put into my Phad Thai recipe on Monday.

Hey there, My New Year’s Resolution was to send our Craft Hot Sauce followers an email on the first of every month. So I’m starting from Jan 17th today! I’m giving you a New Year’s challenge to accomplish quickly. First, check out this calendar: The 2018 World Calendar for Hot Sauce and Chilifests Second, if you’ve...