FOOD NETWORK IS LOOKING FOR AMAZING STORIES FOR A GROUNDBREAKING NEW SERIES!!!

Do you or someone you know have an amazing food related story to tell? Do you know someone who has gone from being homeless to the owner of their own restaurant, makes pop art out of pineapples, or eats nothing but peanuts? Do you know someone who is battling food fears or phobias? Has food helped to cure an illness, changed the course of your life, or helped to inspire you in some dramatic way? We are looking for all types of stories even those that are odd or humorous to feature on and upcoming series for the Food Network.

Casting is underway, so Email a brief description of your story with your contact information and picture of yourself ASAP to michaelraptis@alroker.com or call 646.723.9848 to be considered for the show.

Just a quick announcement here that Blair’s Pure Death is now available on his website www.extremefood.com.

Pure Death
Orange Habanero Chili Pods, Jolokia Chili Pods, Vinegar, and Baked Hawaiin Red Salt……That is It….PURE—–Clean, Use it on Everything….The Heat is Balanced not Piercing just perfect…On Our Heat Scale Pure Death Falls in the After Death Level But contains No Extract….It is BRIGHT orange and so Fresh…….Enjoy

http://extremefood.com/product.php?id=164

BURNING ASPHALT PROVIDES TROOPS A TASTE OF HOME

Forestville, NY (12/10/07) – A love of this country and the desire to support our overseas troops has served as a catalyst for Burning Asphalt Sauces, LLC to create a non-profit program named “Sauces for Soldiers.” Founded by Jeff Furash, President of Burning Asphalt Sauces and Marilyn Sticek, Forestville, NY Postmaster, this program has been providing overseas troops non-perishable sauces, snacks, and spices since 2003. The program is entirely non-government supported and funded by Burning Asphalt Sauces and friends. There is never a charge to our overseas armed forces.

For the past few years, Burning Asphalt Sauces, a Forestville, NY gourmet specialty food manufacturer and distributor, has offered a limited number of collectible holiday gift packs to support a variety of non-profit organizations and charities. The proceeds from this year’s collectible gift pack will go directly to “Sauces for Soldiers” to help defray shipping costs overseas.

This special Collector Edition gift pack will feature three of their popular gourmet sauces sporting a “Sauces for Soldiers” label. The customer will have a choice of product within a category. Included will be a hot sauce (Garlic Habanero or Sweet & Hot Garlic Habanero), barbeque sauce (Honey Smoked or Apple), and salsa (Mild, Medium, or Hot). Also included will be a Military Snowman holiday ornament. “As always we are very excited to be in a position to give our support to our overseas troops for all they have done for our country. The very least we can do is provide them a little taste of home,” said Mr. Furash. The special Collector Edition gift packs and individual collector bottles can be purchased directly from Burning Asphalt Sauces by emailing them through their website, www.BurningAsphalt.com or www.SaucesForSoldiers.com .

Burning Asphalt Sauces, LLC, uses both natural and fresh ingredients in their gourmet sauces, snacks, and rubs. Besides their manufacturing and wholesale operation, they also have a custom and private label program. Non-profit organizations, businesses, and individuals can have their message on a bottle as a fundraising item, promotional item, or gift for the holidays. Their gourmet products can be found both locally and nationally. Products can also be found at “Pride of New York” wineries. For additional information, visit www.BurningAsphalt.com or www.SaucesForSoldiers.com .

Jeffrey Furash
Burning Asphalt Sauces, LLC
P.O. Box 500
Forestville, NY 14062-0500
1-877-9SAUCES (972-8237)
www.BurningAsphalt.com

BOCA RATON, Fla., Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ — TransMedia Group, the PR firm for TABANERO(TM) sauce, said today that its scheduled February launch will be delayed to later in 2008 due to the severe flooding in Tabasco state where peppers for the Salsa Picante Mexicana to be marketed under the TABANERO(TM) brand are grown.

According to TransMedia’s Chairman Tom Madden, long-term recovery efforts will likely include agricultural rehabilitation as about 90 percent of Tabasco’s crops were inundated by the floods in what was one of Mexico’s worst recent natural disasters.

Madden said, in addition to immediate aid, part of the proceeds from the sale of Tabanero will go toward aiding victims of the flood which affected nearly half of the state’s two million inhabitants, many of whose homes were destroyed. Voted one of the best-tasting hot sauces ever, Tabanero is sure to score a hit with hot sauce lovers across the U.S., so it should help to not only enliven food, but help Tabasco’s victims as well, Madden said.

The allocated proceeds will be directed to charitable organizations involved in relief efforts, including the American Red Cross and Catholic Relief Services.

A week of heavy rains caused rivers to overflow, drowning at least 80 percent of the Mexican state. “According to our sources, the state capital, Villahermosa, looked like New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina,” with water reaching to second-story rooftops and desperate people awaiting rescue, he said.

“The devastation is terrible from rivers overflowing and something like 80% of the state is flooded in one fashion or another. Our people on the ground there said it looks like New Orleans after Katrina” said Madden. “When they learned the scope of the problems caused by the terrible flooding, our client felt they had to do something both now and going forward to help.”

According to reports, at least one death was reported and nearly all services, including drinking water and public transportation, were shut down. The flood affected more than 900,000 people in the state of two million — their homes flooded, damaged or cut off by high water.

“Our thoughts and prayers and those of the entire Tabanero team go out to the people of Tabasco.”

Contact: Kim Morgan 561-750-9800 x233

It’s Christmas time again, and TorchBearer Sauces is helping out a good cause, while giving you a great deal at the same time. TorchBearer Sauces is back with a brand new shopping cart and an improved website.

We now have great deals on gift packs and gift certificates, everything from our America’s Best gift pack to our XXX hot gift pack. With these gift packs, you get a great deal on three of our products and a cook book for one great price. Our cookbook is filled with quick, simple recipes that let you be a great chef. If you don’t’ want a cook book or have one already, that’s ok we have gift packs with out them as well.

This year we are giving 10% of every purchase to The Feel Your Boobies Foundation (www.feelyourboobies.com). Feel Your Boobies Foundation raises awareness of breast cancer to women under 40, and we feel that is something to stand by. We support this important cause, so much so, that we will give 10% of every purchase to the foundation, until the end of 2007.

Please feel free to check out our site. Purchase some gifts for Christmas and assist a worthy cause. We will be introducing our new Black Bean Salsa in December as well, but more about that next month.

Thank you for your time and business. Please visit Feel Your Boobies as well, buy yourself or a woman in your life a fun tee shirt and help a worthy cause in more ways than one.

Vid Lynch

SPICE-EDELIC FLAVORS FIRE UP THE HOLIDAYS WITH
LIMITED EDITION KETTLE™ BRAND CHIPS GIFT PACK
- Fans Invited to Choose Favorite for 2008 -

SALEM, Ore. – Nov. 1, 2007 – Zesty blends of chilies and peppers with ginger and lime pop in a special Party Pack of limited edition Kettle™ brand Chips flavors as part of this year’s People’s Choice campaign. Dubbed “Fire and Spice,” the fourth annual People’s Choice event lets fans choose the next potato chip flavor to hit store shelves. Online voting begins Nov. 1, 2007 at www.kettlefoods.com with the winning flavor announced Jan. 14, 2008.

The People’s Choice Fire and Spice Party Pack includes five 5-ounce bags, one of each flavor up for vote, including: Wicked Hot Sauce, Mango Chili, Jalapeño Salsa Fresca, Orange Ginger Wasabi or Death Valley Chipotle. It’s available at www.kettlefoods.com for $14.95 plus shipping, and includes a fun guide to tasting each flavor, food and drink ideas to cool your palate between fiery flavors, voting ballots, stickers and more. The Fire and Spice Party Pack is a fun gift idea for the hard-to-buy-for people on everyone’s holiday list.

“Our fans have chosen some of our best-selling flavors in past People’s Choice campaigns, including Spicy Thai™, Tuscan Three Cheese, and Buffalo Bleu, but they kept asking us when we were going to do ‘hot’ flavors,” said Kim Sheridan, Kettle Foods’ Chief Flavor Architect. “We developed the Fire and Spice flavors for people looking for more than just mouth burn. The flavors tease the taste buds with unexpected complexity, like combining cayenne and habanero chilies with sweet mango and cinnamon.”

Sheridan describes flavors up for vote as:

· Wicked Hot Sauce: inspired by hot sauce, the cayenne pepper and vinegary tang flood taste buds with spicy heat.

· Mango Chili: sweet mango highlighted with a salty, spicy blend of cayenne and habanero chilies will have your tongue dancing the mango tango.

· Jalapeño Salsa Fresca: a blend of fiery jalapeño and spicy cayenne mellowed with soothing sun dried tomato, green bell pepper and lime flavors.

· Orange Ginger Wasabi: the punch of wasabi, a little ginger and a twist of citrus blend for a spicy Asian bite.

· Death Valley Chipotle: a smoky blend of red chili, cayenne, chipotle, habanero and herbs lays the foundation for this flavor’s slow burning heat.

About Kettle Foods
Founded in 1978, Oregon-based Kettle Foods is a privately owned company committed to producing great tasting, all-natural snacks with a caring commitment to its employees, craft and community. In doing so, it leads the industry as the No. 1 natural potato chip brand according to ACNielsen, with distribution throughout North America, Japan, Guam and Western Europe. Its manufacturing sites in Salem, Ore., and Norwich, United Kingdom produce more than 20 flavors and four varieties of potato chip offerings, five flavors of tortilla chips and a variety of nut butters and trail mixes. In 2007, it opened a new LEED® Gold certified food processing facility in Beloit, Wisconsin. Visit www.kettlefoods.com for more information.

Monty has done it again. Monty’s Gourmet Foods L.L.C. is proud to announce that it has won 14 more awards at this year’s prestigious Fiery Foods Challenge sponsored by Chile Pepper Magazine.
“We are thrilled beyond belief that we have been honored by all of these awards.” Said Monty. “We have now got 53 international awards for our product lines, but this is a single event record breaker for us.”
Monty’s Gourmet creates a line of hot sauces, picante sauces (salsa), wing sauces and BBQ sauces, all of which were winners in this year’s event.
“Our greatest surprise was the first place golden chile award for our super hot Death Lizard Extract Sauce. We always start with good flavor, but the Death Lizard has an insane amount of capsaicin extract in it, which makes it so hot, it’s ignorant hot. We always knew we had great products, but when you can win an award for having a great tasting really hot product, then you know you have really accomplished something.”
Monty’s also won 3 other golden chile awards for their Black Beans & Corn Chipotle Picante Sauce, Monty’s Best Spicy Wing Sauce, and Monty’s Best Roasted Garlic Wing Sauce.
The complete list of winning products is:
Barbecue Sauce
Chipotle Base
3rd place — Monty’s Gourmet Foods, LLC, Monty’s Smokin’ Chipotle
Smoked
2nd place — Monty’s Gourmet Foods, Monty’s Smokin’ Chipotle

Hot Sauce
Louisiana-Style
2nd place — Monty’s Gourmet Foods, LLC, Monty’s Fire Lizard
3rd place — Monty’s Gourmet Foods, LLC, Monty’s Green Scream
Specialty
2nd place — Monty’s Gourmet Foods, LLC, Monty’s Green Scream
XXX Hot (with extract)
1st place — Monty’s Gourmet Foods, LLC, Monty’s Death Lizard

Salsa
Bean
1st place — Monty’s Gourmet Foods, LLC, Monty’s Black Beans and Corn Chipotle
Chipotle
3rd place — Monty’s Gourmet Foods, Monty’s Black Beans and Corn Chipotle
Hot
2nd place — Monty’s Gourmet Foods, LLC, Monty’s Chipotle
Medium
2nd place — Monty’s Gourmet Foods, LLC, Monty’s Medium Hot
Mild
3rd place — Monty’s Gourmet Foods, Monty’s Mild

COOK-OFF
Wing Sauce, Hot
1st place — Monty’s Gourmet Foods, LLC., Monty’s Best Spicy
Wing Sauce, Medium
1st place — Monty’s Gourmet Foods, LLC, Monty’s Best Roasted Garlic
2nd place — Monty’s Gourmet Foods, LLC, Monty’s Best Original

For more information or to contact Monty for an interview feel free to call 1-785-242-9996.
Monty Fritts, owner
Monty’s Gourmet Foods L.L.C.
516 N Main St.
Ottawa, KS 66067
http://www.montysgourmet.com/
Home Of The LIZARD and 53 international awards for flavor
Monty’s Hot Sauces - Monty’s Party Picante
Monty’s Smokin BBQ Sauces - Monty’s Hot Wing Sauces

FORT WORTH, Texas – ZestFest officials have requested that all interested exhibitors apply to display their zesty products at the Sept. 7-9 event by Aug. 20 in order to secure a booth. Those who secure a booth at the event will be able to showcase and sell their goods to thousands of potential new customers in a fun, energetic atmosphere with opportunities for consumer interaction along the way. Last year, more than 70 qualified trade buyers from all over the country attended ZestFest in search of flavorful products. Small specialty gourmet shops attended as well as Tom Thumb and United Supermarkets.

In addition, potential competitors in the Fiery Food Challenge must send their entries by Aug. 10. The challenge is the most prestigious of its kind in the industry, with more than 80 categories ranging from salsa to apparel.
Within each of those categories, competitors vie for the Golden Chile award.
Culinary expert judges sample every food product in blind tastings, and winners are announced during Zest Fest.

DEADLINE FOR ENTRY: ZESTFEST VENDORS MUST APPLY BY AUG 20
To enter your product or apply for your booth, visit www.zestfest2007.com.

About ZestFest
Hosted by Chile Pepper magazine, ZestFest is the ultimate party for zesty food enthusiasts. This full-flavored event will feature cooking demos by local, regional and national celebrity chefs. ZestFest will also feature live music and hundreds of bold and zesty food samples throughout the three-day weekend.

Friday’s show will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will be reserved for trade buyers, who will find definitive offerings in bold, spicy and zesty food and apparel from more than 100 vendors. Saturday and Sunday will be open to the public. Hours on Saturday are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Attendance is $10.

About Chile Pepper Magazine
Chile Pepper has been the spicy food lover’s publication of choice for more than 20 years. Followers of the zesty lifestyle look to the magazine for fiery recipes, hot travel ideas and coverage of cool new products. Each issue features bold-flavored recipes and restaurant coverage that ranges from chili cook-offs and barbecue to international fine dining.
For more information, visit www.zestfest2007.com or www.chilepepper.com.

Exciting fiery news from PepperMaster - Goat Pepper mash is finally available! You can read the details below and can order the sauce on the PepperMaster website or even contact Tina regarding the peppers themselves.

You’ve been waiting so patiently for them, we’ve finally got them. Goat Pepper mash is finally available!

As part of our Fair Trade initiative, the farmer has applied for fair trade status and we’re hoping the peppers will be certified in time for the Christmas season. Currently, we are waiting for Flo-Cert.org to finish repricing coffee, so they can price the peppers. Until then, they are just nice fresh goat peppers.

If you’d like to order the peppers themselves, they can be ordered by contacting Tina Brooks at (514) 393-3430 or (866) 451-6770.

If you’re more interested in the sauce itself, well, here it is. The 110 ml jar is currently selling for $16 CAD Get it now, we’ve a limited supply before the next batch of peppers comes in.

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There’s to be a special gift for members of our newsletter tomorrow… but I can’t say what it is, so if anyone wants in on it, they have to be on the mailing list when the newsletter announcement goes out.

If they aren’t yet on it, people can sign up on our website… http://www.peppermaster.com

Here’s the link for the sauce

To coincide with the release of the seventh and final Harry Potter Book, Brick Alley Books and Historic Downtown Hillsborough, North Carolina are teaming up for Harry Potter Day, one of the most extensive celebrations of the book series in the state. Downtown merchants are expected to participate, with business owners dressed as members of the Hogwarts faculty, and stores and restaurants transformed into Daigon Alley, Hogsmeade, and other locales in the Harry Potter Books.

During Harry Potter Day, customers will be treated with a sneak peek of Hillsborough’s newest store- and the nation’s newest Hot Shoppe- 3gatos Fire and Rice. For one day only, 3gatos will become Professor Snape’s Potions Closet, complete with the latest in Hogwart’s potions to cure what ails you. Have an upset stomach? Try Colon Cleaner! Want to speak Southern? Try Southern Twang! See our complete list of symptoms and the potions to cure them.

The Event will begin at 10pm on Friday, July 20th at Brick Alley books to coincide with the midnight release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows.

Then witness the transformation of Churton Street into Harry Potter Central from 11am to 5pm, Saturday July 21st.

For more info call Brick Alley Books at 919-245-0062 or go to the 3gatos website @ www.3gatosfireandrice.com

List of Symptoms and Cures:
Have Bad Luck? - Dave’s Lucky Nuts
Want to drive an enemy crazy? - Dave’s Insanity Popcorn
Poisoned Apple Potion - Salsa De Muerte
Become a Powerful Astrologer - Pluto’s Jerk for Beef or Fish
Want to stop Speaking like a Yankee - Southern Twang Grilling Sauce
Too Slow??? - Uncle Dougie’s Little Zip Mustard
Trying to Kill Weeds - Weed Killer
Trying to Kill Plants - Acid Rain
Want to make People Fuggehtaboutit - Blair’s Jersey Death
Want to Stay up Later - Blair’s 2am Reserve
Been Bitten by Sharks - Captain Redbeard’s Garlic Sharkbite
Upset Stomach - Colon Cleaner
To make someone hot under the collar- Fire Ant Juice Drive Your Parents Insane (a little while)- Temporary Insanity
Scared of Alligators - Gator Sizzlin’ (while playing with the real
‘Gator Foot)
Need Extra Energy - Endorphin Rush
Need Luck - Luck O’ The Irish Sauce (with the Lucky Rabbit’s Foot)
Want to be Smarter than Every One Else- Give them Liquid Stoopid
Want to be more Cautious? –Marie Sharp’s Beware Potion
Feeling Too Hot - Frostbite
Feeling Scared - Atlanta Braves
Got Injuries? - Gecko Gary’s Ouchpotle
Want to Know the Future? - Read the leaves in Green Bandit Rosemary Hot
Sauce
Trouble Sleeping - Green Bandit’s Cilantro Habanero at Bedtime*
Have High Blood Pressure? - Sunny’s Hot Hot Cocoa with Green Chile*
Have a cold? -Cranberry Toad Sweat*
Have Gout? -Mary’s Cherry Rub*
Have sore joints - Wasabi Peanut from the Peanut Roasters*
Breaking out with Zits? - Klamath River Strawberry Horse Bite*
Sore Throat and Laryngitis - Bryon Bay Chile Coconut Sauce w/Curry &
Ginger*

* Underlined Items actually do have medicinal Properties for the ailments listed. The rest are some fun ones to play with during Harry Potter Day!

And other Assorted Ingredients to make your own potions include:
Satan’s Blood, Crazy Jerry’s Mustard Gas, Joe Perry’s Boneyard Brew, Crazy Jerry’s Lizard Eyes, and Blair’s Death Rain!