Earlier this morning, I dove into some spreadsheets planning out my first pepper plot. A couple weeks ago at my winter farmers market, I met Max, a recently retired individual who has been gardening for 30 years and started farming small plots in the town over from me.

I recorded a conversation with Sufia from Silly Chilly Hot Sauce on the front seat of my car on a busy Boston street. Sufia quit her job in the fashion industry to go all-in on making a mission-driven hot sauce company in Queens. As you’ll learn from the conversation on our podcast, it wasn’t easy, but she has no regrets!

We heard from some really cool craft hot sauce companies leading the charge on the Hot Sauce Revolution. Howler Monkey Sauces, a Jacksonville Beach company with Panama influences and Taylor's Ultimate, an artisanal hot sauce company in Miami