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Have you heard about Kiva.org? Kiva is the world’s first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs in the developing world. We’ve helped out on a loan for Francisco Jama. Francisco has a stand where he sells tortillas and common Ecuadorian foods. He started the business off with only $10 of capital several [...]

It’s summertime, Woohoo! Take advantage of the fresh air and hot summer sun and add a bit of the outdoors to your cooking! Back in the “old-days” chiles were most often sun dried. Sun drying, requires little to no preparation, as chiles were placed on large flat hot stones or on wicker drying trays. Today sun [...]

Just happened to be looking out the porch, toward the pepper fields, and saw this turtle wandering by. I watched “her”, yes i decided it was a her, for a while and then ran for the camera. Seems very good sized and I wonder how old? Didn’t see where she went later on. - Carol [...]

Tomatillo Salad with Ancho Chiles See all Darn Hot Pepper Recipes Ingredients: - 1 cup chopped & peeled cucumber - 3-4 large tomatillos, chopped - 1 1/2 ounces chihuahua cheese, coarsely cut - 2 medium Ancho pepper, seeded and sliced into long thin strips - 1/4 cup fresh cilantro - 2 tablespoons chopped green onions - 1 fresh lime, - salt Instructions: Combine all the ingredients in [...]

When selecting chiles, always buy fresh from the grower when possible. Fresh chiles from your local farmers market will bring the best flavor in the meals you cook and also help support your local economy. Look for bright, smooth, shiny skin and only purchase enough for what you are going to cook in a weeks [...]

Read about exotic Chile peppers grown for flavor not heat

Darn Hot Prime Rib of Buffalo with Three-Chile Rub

Next time you spice up that steak, or season your fish before you put it on the grill, remember that pepper was once so valuable that it could be used to pay the rent. “Pepper, along with other spices such as cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg, was such a hot commodity five centuries ago that it drove [...]

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From Chileman.org: “So where do chile peppers come from? For hundreds of years most Europeans believed that chile peppers came from India or the Far East. Probably because Columbus sailed into the Caribbean, found some peppers belonging to the native people, and thought he was somewhere near India. In fact there is strong evidence that capsicums [...]