Fiery Adventures at Ca’ d’Alfieri, Italy Story & photos by Harald Zoschke If you think of spicy Italy, most likely Calabria will come to your mind. But even in Northern Italy, a hotbed of heat can be found, thanks to a fiery couple that changed its career in the mid ’90s. Italian Maurizio Bovi and his German friend Harald Zoschke …
Sonoma Organics, a division of Seco Spice Ltd. of Berino, New Mexico, has announced the release of a new product to stabilize the heat levels of fiery foods products. Until now, manufacturers have had to depend on imported, oil-based oleoresins, notes chemist Marlin Bensinger, who invented the process for making a water soluble chile extract. The advantage of HydroCap™ is …
Gwynne Spencer reports: "Mead was the first wine" is the motto of Bacchus Meadery. Their new Vesta Mead takes on a unique red chile flavor that fires up your brain and taste buds. Named after Vesta, the goddess of the fire, this delightfully light and spicy mix of honey and whole red chiles is not sweet, as are many meads. …
Dateline Las Cruces, New Mexico. For years, research done by New Mexico State University’s Chile Pepper Institute has helped promote New Mexico’s State Vegetable (really a fruit). Now, the Institute itself (and its chile peppers) is on the map, literally, as a "must-see" destination in Rand McNally’s 2010 Road Atlas "Best of the Road" program. "We are thrilled that Rand …
Indian scientists will impregnate hand grenades with ‘Bhut Jolokia’ powder to immobilize but not kill people. They say the devices will be used to control rioters and in counter-insurgency operations. Scientists at India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) are quoted as saying the potent chilli will be used as a food additive for troops operating in cold conditions. And …
