First, Whole Foods in our area has just rolled out new LOCAL branding and you will see new signage and logos around the stores. You should see this bold branding around our products in the stores. We are now in 27 Whole Foods Markets in Southern California, Nevada, Arizona, and Hawaii!

Next, we are slowly getting our Fiery Sweet Candied Popcorn into stores and right now you can find it in Valencia, El Segundo, and Fort Apache. We are hoping to announce more locations real soon. Follow us on twitter for any breaking news.

Other exciting news we have is that our Chipotle Olive Tapenade is now available at the Fort Apache store in Las Vegas!

We are really happy about everything that is going on and we want to thank everyone for their support.

Check our Buy Page for a store or restaurant near you that carries and/or uses our fiery products!

Update: For our Friends and Followers out on the island of Maui, great news!!! You can now get our fiery sweet popcorn and our Ghost Pepper Sauce at the Kahului Whole Foods Market!

LOCAL Shelf Talker

New WFM Local Branding

Local Fiery Popcorn

We were on the show with Dave DeWitt, the Pope of Peppers… well, we were sorta on with him. Dave is on the phone with them and we were displayed on their table of peppers and spicy stuff.
 
 

All Spice on The Doctors

Here are a few pics we took during the event.

Artisanal LA entry		ASC Booth		JolokiBerry Jam
FieryFood=>		All Spice Cafe Products		JD & John at Artisanal LA

 
Here’s a video that was sent in by Emily of her trying our Ghost Pepper Sauce: 
 

Artisanal LA

We were able to showcase our gourmet hot sauces, dry rubs/seasonings, and fiery sweet-heat popcorns. There was fantastic response to all of our products and we got to meet wonderful food enthusiasts and vendors from the local area. JD was even interviewed by an Italian journalist.

We had locally grown (Ventura County) Bhut Jolokia Ghost Peppers on display (thanks Red Hot Foods!) to help us explain the hottest pepper in the world that we use in some of our products. We even Sold Out of our Ghost Pepper Sauce.

We can’t wait to do this event again. Nice job Shawna, Alyx, and crew at Artisanal LA!

Here are just a few of the friendly vendors that we shared the great weekend with (we know we are forgetting many):

All Jarred Up – Grape Pie! In a Jar!
Bernod – Organic Cotton Candy (they were testing a Jalapeno Cotton Candy!)
Cafe de Leche – Single cup brews got us through the day!
Cast Iron Gourmet – Small batch bacon and candied bacon trail mix
Chicks with Knives – Very tasty Perishable Pickles
Gotta Have Smore – All the flavors of a smore in a cupcake!
Home Girl Cafe – Awesome carnitas tacos with habanero-apple slaw
Lemon Bird Jams – Small batch, handmade unique jams & syrups
Lindy & Grundy – Sustainable butcher shop coming to L.A. this Dec – We can’t wait!
Marina Elana’s Authentic Latino – Certified Organic Horchata and Jamaica drinks
Miss Fruit Fly – Hand crafted tea towels with inspiration
San Angel Mole – Mole like Grandma used to make
Sauce Goddess – Very tasty BBQ sauces and rubs
Sweet Dreamery Desserts – Artisan scratch bakery
That’s a Nice! – Traditional Italian Pastas and Sauces

Also, check out photos of us at the show by R. E. Photography on flickr.

Our photos:

Artisanal LA show starts	AllSpiceCafe Hot Sauce	Vanessa interview
Lauren and John	AllSpiceCafe Ghost Peppers	Lauren and JD

Maria Elena's Horchata

Maria Elena’s invited us to participate in an Open House at their shop that they hosted for a local group of food enthusiasts. They featured their Horchata by itself, as a Dirty Horchata (with espresso), and a Chai Horchata. These go really nicely to help tame the fire in your mouth after having some of our Habanero and Ghost Pepper sauces and popcorns.

Other great products Maria Elena’s featured was their new Jamaica drink and cotton candy.

Here are some pictures from the event. It was a great time and we are looking forward to doing something together again soon!

Gathering Crowd	Bill gave history	Jerry tells the Maria's story
Tasty Treats	Sweet Heat!	Jamaica Drink
Lots of great food talk	All Spice Cafe Fiery Gourmet	Open House

Saveur Magazine

A friend of ours sent us a message, asking if we knew what was in the Fridge.
(Thanks Amanda!)

We read the article and checked out the picture of the fridge. We actually had to look real close before we noticed what was in the Saveur Fridge.

Saveur Fridge

And actually, the image of the fridge in the printed page in the magazine is actually larger than what you see online.

Saveur no129 p44

So, is your fridge stocked as well as this Saveur Fridge?

 

The Cheese Store

On the Shelves

For a while they’ve had the Caribbean Spice, Chipotle Garlic, and Cayenne Habanero Sauces on the shelves at The Cheese Store. Now they also carry the Ghost Pepper Sauce, Jolokia Ghost Pepper Grinder, and Chipotle Olive Tapenade too!

If you want to get some of the world’s hottest pepper, try our Ghost Pepper Sauce and the Jolokia Ghost Pepper in a Grinder. The Grinder is dried and crushed Bhut Jolokia Pepper in a pepper mill grinder, perfect for controlling the amount of heat you want to add to your favorite dish.

So stop in and buy some fiery sauces and check out the amazing cheeses and great wines that they have. The staff is very knowledgeable, so ask them anything and they will help you, whether it’s pairings for a cheese or a recommendation on a nice bottle of wine.

Lots of great products

Just like the logo

All Spice Cafe Fiery Foods

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Rocket Fizz

tons of candy & soda

Last week a new location of Rocket Fizz Soda Pop & Candy Shop opened in Valencia, CA. They’ve got tons of sodas that are from unique and small-independent soda makers, and lots of old-school candies, like Ice Cubes, Zotz, and Pop-Rocks just to name a few.

So we went in to check it out the new store and met the owner, Ken. We got to talking about our gourmet hot sauces and fiery snacks, they have a few popcorn snacks, but nothing at all like our sweet-heat fiery caramel popcorn. So he said that he wouldn’t mind checking out our Sweet Habanero and Sweet Ghost Pepper Popcorn.

We brought some in and they tried them out… Loved them! So they are trying out our 2 fiery caramel popcorn snacks in this location.

Stop by their Valencia Shop and check out all the different sodas and candy… and pick up some Sweet Habanero Popcorn and Sweet Ghost Pepper Popcorn too!

Sweet Habanero Popcorn

Ken of RocketFizz

Sweet Ghost Pepper Popcorn

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