The Offspring’s brand of pop punk rock music was always fun when I was in high school and college, and I can recall many parties where some of their tunes were part of the soundtrack. The leader of the group, Dexter Holland, is also something of a renaissance man. He’d already earned bachelor’s and master’s…
Sinaloa, located in northwest Mexico due east of the Baja Peninsula on the Sea of Cortez, is unfortunately most well known in the USA for the Sinaloa Cartel and the horrific acts of violence that they perpetrate. Beyond that negative association however the area is also known for delicious seafood and the birthplace of the…
Perhaps owing to the popularity of Hot Ones, where this sauce appeared in the number nine position during the 20th “season” or the show, this is one of the sauces from Butterfly Bakery of Vermont that seems to have the most visibility amongst hot sauce enthusiasts. Interestingly, this wasn’t the first sauce Hot Ones reached…
De La Viuda, literally meaning “of the widow”, is a sauce with a history dating back over 50 years in Mexico though its introduction to the US market is much more recent. The recipe for the sauce dates back to a widow from Jalisco, Mexico who sold the sauce from a street cart and was…
Cholula is a grocery store shelf staple, as well as a sauce that’s not uncommon to see on the tables of tex-mex or more gringo-oriented Mexican restaurants. Despite its ubiquity in suburban America today, the sauce actually has its roots in Jalisco, Mexico going back three generations. Originally developed by a chef for the Cuervo…
I first heard of this sauce, like nearly everyone else I’m sure, through the recent Taco Bell collaboration which included a boxed meal with several packets of this sauce. I enjoyed the Taco Bell sauce packets, so decided to order a few bottles of the sauce for myself. Omar Apollo is a Mexican-American musician. His…
While not yet a staple on the shelves of American supermarkets, according to their website this is the best selling brand of chiltepin sauces in Mexico. Made proudly in Tijuana, the brand has four varieties – a classic red, a green, a black, and the subject of this review, a roasted variety. This is the…