Chiles and Chocolate

Chiles and Chocolate

Fiery Foods Manager Chile History, Sweet Heat Leave a Comment

by Dave DeWitt The culinary mating of hot chiles and chocolate was unforgettably revealed to me in the mercado in Oaxaca, where the molinos–grinding mills–in adjacent stalls were processing cacao beans in one stall and mole paste with chiles in the other. In this ancient city, I had this sudden epiphany that, in prehistoric times, ancient cooks would have naturally …

Mango Madness!

Fiery Foods Manager Fired-Up Fruits, Fruits, Seafood Leave a Comment

By Dave DeWitt Recipes: Pineapple-Mango Salsa Soup Marie’s Green Mango Chutney Green Mango Slaw with Papaya Seed Dressing Beef Kabobs Tropicale Spiced-Up Chicken in Coconut Shells with Mango Cream Grilled Scallops with a Rocotillo Mango Relish I remember clearly the first time I ever tasted a mango. I was 12 years old and living in northern Virginia. A friend of …

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Berry Barbecue!

Fiery Foods Manager Rubs, Sauces, and Marinades Leave a Comment

By James B. O’Malley Berry Barbecue!A Fruit Lover Shares HerPassion for Berry-BBQ Sauces   Recipes: Raspberry BBQ Sauce Blackberry or Marionberry BBQ Sauce Blueberry Chipotle BBQ Sauce Judy England just loves her berries. “Berries make wonderful barbecue sauces–I am passionate about it,” she says. She adds that she has nothing against tomatoes, the typical barbecue sauce base. After recently giving …

The Chili con Carne Project

The GREAT Chili con Carne Project, Part 1: The Evolution of Chili con Carne

Fiery Foods Manager Chili con Carne Leave a Comment

  by Dave DeWitt and Nancy Gerlach Part 1: The Evolution of Chili con Carne   Recipes: Mole de Olla (Kettle Stew) Pork in Adobo Sauce Caldillo de Duranguense Original San Antonio Chili U. S. Army Chili Mrs. Owen’s Cook Book Chili The Great Chili con Carne Project Index Everything about chili con carne generates some sort of controversy–the spelling …