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This cookie is set by the provider bidr.io. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. We only have it seasonally because I grow my own Reapers and my ghosts. The seasonal trio is really hot and has Carolina Reaper, the hottest pepper in the world ghost, which is the second hottest and habanero. It’s very refreshing and goes well with seafood. I love hot stuff, but it can’t burn me for no good reason. The habanero is spicy, but it’s very flavorful. Tell us about some of your hot sauce flavors. My grandmother’s best friend took over and helped my mother, who was the eldest of eight children, raise seven other kids after my grandmother passed away from childbirth. Whatever you do, make sure it’s on your bucket list because it’s a beautiful place.ĭid you have any other mentors growing up? Anybody that goes to Costa Rica knows the term because that’s what we do. In Costa Rica, it’s a term of endearment. You also have the saying Pura Vida on your bottles. It’s my name and it also means flavorful. One day, I decided to bring some habanero peppers with me from home and I threw them in the blender and started throwing stuff in there, tasting it and blending it up. I used to work as the executive chef at a golf club in Chicago. They offered me an opportunity to go to school and they told me I could do culinary arts. I’ve always cooked but never took it as a career until I was laid off in 1999 from a company I was working for.
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I grew up with my grandmother in Costa Rica so I learned how to cook from her when I was 5 years old. How did your culinary career get started?
