Biquinho Chile Peppers From Brazil, A Treat Pickled Or Raw

Move over peppadews: There’s a new mini chile to add panache to your food. Introducing binquino, a petite chile pepper that’s native to Brazil and sold in the US. Rating from 1,000 to 2,000 on the Scoville heat scale, it packs a wee punch—about the same as ground chili powder. The biquinho (bee-KEEN-yo), also known…
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GIFT IDEA: Smoked Mushroom Garum For The Serious Cook

Noma’s Smoked Mushroom Garum was the first product for home cooks from Noma Projects, a food lab that was opened last year by the innovative, 3-Michelin-star Noma restaurant in Copenhagen. Introduced earlier this year in the U.S., it quickly sold out. The latest batch is on the verge of selling out, so see if this…
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GIFT OF THE DAY: Hot Sauce For A Cause

[1] Smile Farms sells red and green varieties of hot sauce(both photoa © Smile Farms. [2] The first step is planting the seeds.   Heat with Heart™ hot sauce is a feel-good stocking stuffer or party favor. The red and green hot sauce varieties are composed entirely of chile peppers grown by Smile Farmers. Smile…
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Sriracha Sauce With Extra Flavor From Bushwick Kitchen

August 19th is National Hot & Spicy Food Day. Some like it hot, and those people will love a Weak Knees Sriracha Sauce Gift Set from Brooklyn Kitchen. It features all three of the company’s Sriracha sauces: Curry Sriracha, Gochujang Sriracha, and Super Spicy Sriracha. Beautifully packaged with a Bushwick Kitchen dish towel, the box…
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Pineapple Rum BBQ Sauce & More Recipes For National Barbecue Month

May is National Barbecue Month, and May 16th is National Barbecue Day. What better way to celebrate than by making your own barbecue sauce. Today’s featured recipe is a Pineapple Rum urbon BBQ Sauce made with dark rum. There are additional links below to more recipes that use beer, bourbon, cola, and dark chocolate. Barbecue…
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