Food for Thought’s Great Lakes Pear Preserves (product link not exactly what I have, but looks similar) is organic and comes in a small jar. The jar I purchased was of a small batch of only 140 jars. The preserves are this sort of ochre-ish color and are chunky. It looks as advertised: cooked down…

This stuff, Tennessee’s Best Very Berry Jam, despite its name, doesn’t have an over powering berry flavor, but that’s not a problem at all. I can’t say if it’s Tennessee’s Best, but it is quite delicious. It tastes good without being cloying. The lack of overpowering sweet/berry flavor was a major plus in my book.…

Gindo’s Lemon Serrano Hot Sauce is a punchy hot sauce with a gritty spice. The lemon doesn’t really come through that much but the Serrano definitely does. It has that textured spice to it but adds a semi-sweetness to food. It’s pretty good. I’d rate it in the middle of the pack as far as…

This Gindo’s hot sauce is a brilliant red hue. Looking at its contents and what it says it’ll taste like (“deliciously sweet and spicy”)—I knew this would be a winner. Spicy and sweet? Nothing fancy or crazy going on? It had all the makings of a strong, versatile hot sauce. Something that can go with…

Gindo’s Artichoke Pesto Hot Sauce feels quite different to their other hot sauces. For one, it’s mild and really not that spicy. It says “mild heat”…and that is true. The other aspect that sets it apart is, well, its flavor profile and composition. It is supposed to be like pesto (I assume) and it is…

This Gindo’s hot sauce, the ‘Blood Orange Ghost’, stands out with its integration of fruit. Based on the ingredient list, it has, for example: pineapple, mango, orange, and more blended with ghost pepper and other spicy peppers. It was a very interesting combination that I was eager to try. I used it on pasta and…

I picked up the Sonoma Gourmet Heirloom Tomato Pizza Sauce along with Miyoko’s cashew milk mozzarella to make pizza. Shocking, I know, given that this sauce advertises its purpose exactly as that. It’s filled with tomatoes and other goodness that one associates with pizza. It smells really nice. And goodness it is on pizza. We…

Gindo’s Spicy Romesco Hot Sauce is probably the mildest of all the Gindo’s sauces that I’ve had. But that’s not a knock or critique against it at all—I love this hot sauce and I wouldn’t want it any spicier! It works wonderfully exactly how it is. Because it is spicy just…more in the flavor palette…

Gindo’s Hip Hip Churray hot sauce, a collaboration with the Foreign Exchange Brewing Co., is probably the darkest hued Gindo’s sauce I’ve had. It makes sense—it’s made with beer and cocoa. Beer is usually a turn off for me so I was skeptical of this hot sauce, but the cocoa aspect was enticing. I was…

Another Gindo’s hot sauce! This time it’s green and has avocado in it. Hence Spicy Avocado. At first, I wasn’t sure if the avocado in the title was like due to the color or to say “use this with avocado”. It is true, though. It does contain avocado, along with jalapeno peppers and other fun/spicy…

I’ve had Gindo’s ‘special’ Christmas sauces, but now…now I have had their award winning original hot sauce! Fresh and Spicy it says. I can’t really speak to freshness, but it’s spicy and very good. It’s a really simple, straight forward hot sauce in a nice tall bottle. It exists in the same space as Mule…

The last of Gindo’s Ghost of Christmas 6th annual set: ‘Future’! It’s a muddy, dark red hot sauce that is accented with tomato, black garlic, and olive. WARNING: HOT STUFF! As I said in the ‘Present’ review, it was a bit intense for me for reasons unknown. It was easier to tolerate than ‘Present’. Less…

The second of the Gindo’s 6th Annual Ghost of Christmas set! ‘Past’ was reviewed here. Present is a red hued hot sauce made of ghost, scorpion, and reaper peppers plus black truffle! Again, warning: THIS IS A HOT SAUCE! VERY HOT! It’s definitely hot sauce. It includes black truffle, and that flavor does come through…

I received Gindo’s Ghost of Christmas 6th Annual Hot Sauce box set as a gift. They are a local (to me) hot sauce business, though, this was the first time I ever had a Gindo’s product. I was super excited to try the sauces after reading about them and their products. I started in chronological…

This Edmond Fallot Dijon Mustard is a product of France. I purchased it from the Mustard Museum in Wisconsin. It’s a stone ground mustard that has a consistent yellow texture. The label says that the grinding technique gives it its “distinct high quality and flavour”. I could be snarky and say “we’ll see about that”,…

I believe this is the first Koop’s Mustard I’ve ever had. There was something that spoke to me about it. The packaging is really slick and…the name of it: Arizona Heat. That name really declares its intention. Heat—and I like my heat. I like heat and I like this ‘Arizona Heat’ mustard. It delivered fully…

Okay, so, if you don’t follow my writing website, you may not know about my experiences with Sticker Mule. Sticker Mule is a website where you can get stickers, magnets, and more made of your designs or logos. I’ve been using them to make stickers and magnets of my book characters. It’s been really great…

This is NOT a mustard. This Smoky Chipotle Mustard is some form of BBQ sauce pretending to be mustard. And it is amazing. The Dillman Farm‘s Smoky Chipotle Mustard tastes so much like BBQ sauce. And that’s great for me since I love that smoky BBQ flavor. I would eat BBQ sauce with probably everything…

Williams-Sonoma is a store that houses a variety of kitchen ware and ‘gourmet’ foods. A shop for those that need tweaky kitchen utensils or are looking for interesting food materials such as: sauce-bases, pepper, salt, batter mixes, and so on. In the downtown area of where I live the Williams-Sonoma has been a long-time fixture.…

The East Shore Sweet and Tangy Mustard came in a very tiny jar. I assume one can buy larger jars of this stuff, though, this is what I had of it and that’s what I am reviewing. Really should have put something out there for scale for the pictures. To try to give a proper sense…

The Grey Poupon Dijon Mustard is a yellow mustard made with white wine that has become a staple in the United States. It commonly finds itself beside classic Heinz Ketchup in restaurants and in households. My household is no exception. It our go-to mustard for spreading on sandwiches and mixing to create spreads and dips.…

Tassos Fig Marmalade comes in a large jar. The orangey fig marmalade fills it to the brink. There is a nice tag shown above that explains what it is and the ingredients. Below is what it looks like served. The consistency of this spread is more akin to a loose jelly than a thick fruit…

The Dalmatia Fig Spread is a luscious fig jam that feels authentic with the visible fig seeds and rich color. It is made by Dalmatia Imports. The consistency of this fig spread is both sticky and loose, which can make it difficult to spread. Yet the Dalmatia Fig Spread does not have to be applied to…