Craft Hot Sauce

03/24/2024

Dive into the spicy world of Sauce Daddy, where passion for hot sauce blends with a Guyanese heritage and a dash of engineering ingenuity. From a humble habanero plant to a thriving business, follow the journey of a sauce aficionado turned entrepreneur, driven by community, creativity, and a promise to a furry friend. Discover the flavors, the dedication, and the heart behind each bottle, as Sauce Daddy sets out to conquer taste buds in their community, one fiery drop at a time.

https://crafthotsauce.com/blogs/maker-stories/sauce-daddy-maker-story

02/29/2024

There’s big news from one of our foremost sources of inspiration, .farm

Two longtime employees of Kitchen Garden Farm in Sunderland, MA will purchase the farm this spring from founders Caroline Pam and Tim Wilcox. Max Traunstein, 31, of Sunderland and Lilly Israel, 31, of Amherst have worked at the farm for 10 and 8 years, respectively. Both are graduates of agriculture programs at the University of Massachusetts and have worked alongside Tim and Caroline to make the farm into a successful business.

I first heard about them when I was a green hot sauce blogger in Dublin, Ireland in 2015. They did a blurb on our site about their fermented seed to sauce hot sauces grown and made a few miles from my alma mater UMass Amherst.

Upon my return to the states, I made sure to attend their annual Chilifest when I started . It’s also where we sold our first bottle in a market setting.

I tell people Chilifest was my all-time favorite hot sauce / pepper festival. From the landscape to the bounty and colors of the peppers, and the warmth and curiosity glowing off the people there, it truly inspired us and fueled our passion.

I have interviewed quite a few hot sauce makers and farmers through the Craft Hot Sauce Podcast and one of my favorite conversations was with Tim and Caroline recorded a few years ago (link in bio). They talk frankly about their challenges starting off, the connectivity of their crew, where they drew inspiration from their time working on Italian farms and much more. It's a great listen if I do say so myself.

Seeing how they've built something from scratch, provided an enriching atmosphere for their crew to learn and grow, and having Kitchen Garden Farm live on without them inspires me and so many others that value local agriculture, community and good s**t! Thank you, congratulations and can't wait for the 2024 pepper season!

04/27/2023

Our first in person BYOHS was a success tonight!

Our goal with these events is to create community among hot sauce makers, share ideas and sauces, and have good craic!

All were accomplished tonight 🔥🎉

Mark featured "some like it hot" a Marliyn Monroe inspired Manhattan sauce with cherries, bourbon, and Peach scorpion peppers.

Ramon with a tomato-less salsa. Made with bell pepper, scotch bonnet, culantro and more

Steve with Eve's Deminse, an apple Cinnamon mix with local apples, spices and blend of super hots.

And lastly, Matt with a dragonfruit, kiwi, scotch bonnet sauce.

All sauces were totally unique and delicious. Well done all! Next month is online and then we're back in person in June.

Drop us a line if you'd like to join us for our next BYOHS. No commercial sauces, just for the love of the craft!

03/20/2023

Last week we had our first BYOHS online. We had three people share their homemade sauces, and we all left feeling excited about the endless possibilities for hot sauce innovation.

This Wednesday we have our first in person BYOHS in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.

Do you know anyone who makes homemade sauces in Massachusetts? Let em know about this show and tell and community event!

This will be a regular repeating event online and in person so keep an eye out for future dates if you can't make this one!

07/25/2022

Pepper season has arrived!

05/17/2022

Left Lane Pepper Company LLC set out to make sauces that are heavier on the fruits and vegetables and very light on the vinegar. Their brand is connected to the automative industry with hot sauce names like: Range Anxiety Arbol Pepper, Learner’s Permit Easy Jalapeño, Burning Rubber Chunky Chipotle, and Hazard Lights Mango Ginger Habanero sauces. Check out their story on Craft Hot Sauce

Left Lane Pepper Company is a car-and driving-themed brand parked at the intersection of hot sauce lovers and car enthusiasts. This hot sauce maker story is written by the co-owners Bernadette “Bernie” Domingo and John Stech, both based in New York City.

05/16/2022

Chris Schlesinger put Boston on the fiery foods map in the 80's with his first restaurant, East Coast Grill, known for its eclectic vibe and renowned fiery dishes and Inner Beauty Hot Sauce.

On this episode of the Craft Hot Sauce Podcast we talk to Chris about his love for cooking over fire, talking about heat and flavor, and his culinary journey including James Beard Awards.

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Chris Schlesinger was raised in Virginia, where he first developed his love for barbecue, spicy food, and live fire cooking. Schlesinger has won multiple James Beard Awards for Best Chef of the Northeast, and joins the podcast to talk about his Inner Beauty Hot Sauce, Hell Nights at the East Coast G...

01/29/2022

It may be dumping snow today in New England, but you can stay warm with these super hot essentials!

This box of super hot craft hot sauces features sauces guaranteed to light off your mouth with spice and flavor. Experience the most flavorful and hottest box of hot sauces with the Super Hot Hot Sauce Box.

01/04/2022

Check out the latest podcast with Bruce from Hoots Sauce Co.!

Topics include cooking from 15-30, connections to Scotland with his fire-roasted and fermented hot sauces, and changed perspectives through stories he shares.

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Bruce Clyne-Watson turned his love for spicy noodles during his childhood in Scotland, into a hot sauce company based out of Somerset, England.

12/01/2021

Congrats to Elijah's Xtreme Hot Sauce for winning the North Carolina small business of the year! Take a trip down memory lane on the Craft Hot Sauce Podcast to listen from the father & son duo who started making hot sauce in 2013

Elijah and Bret from Elijah's Xtreme Hot Sauce come on the Craft Hot Sauce podcast. The father and son company is located in Charlotte, North Carolina and have been making sauces commercially in 2013.