Spicy Food Reviews (and Recipes)

Where Fire Meets Flavor: Covering Foods That Bring the Heat!

Review: Spicy Chipotle Chicken Pizza from California Pizza Kitchen

Bottom Line: The Spicy Chipotle Chicken Pizza offers a smoky twist on the classic BBQ Chicken Pizza and delivers some heat. California Pizza Kitchen is an international chain that has been around since 1985 and it specializes in--what else?--“California Style” pizzas. That refers to individual-sized pies with a thin, hand-tossed crust topped with gourmet ingredients not usually found on your typical chain resaurant pizza. They made their...

Spicy Snacks: Gold Emblem Extreme Hot Cheese Popcorn

Bottom Line: Gold Emblem Extreme Hot Cheese Popcorn is a surprisingly spicy and tasty snack find that also counts as healthy. Your local CVS pharmacy may not be the place that you have as a go-to for spicy snacks, but if you happen to be in there picking up a prescription or getting a bottle of Tylenol (or these days getting a COVID test) be sure to check out the munchie aisle on your way out. I tend to find items there that I can’t always...

Winging It: Extreme Wings from Anchor Bar

Bottom Line: Anchor Bar’s Extreme Wings may not be the hottest out there, but they are quite tasty and still deliver some good heat. There are plenty of places you can get wings these days, ranging from the top-notch (Buffalo Wild Wings, Wingstop) to rather sketchy (your local convenience store hot box). But if you happen to have the opportunity, why not go to the source? Buffalo wings are called that not because they have anything to do with...

Salsa Finds: 2 Sisters’ Fiesta Salsa

Bottom Line: This fresh-made salsa delivers an explosion of flavor with a nice amount of zing. Are you looking for a good jar of salsa? Then just mosey on down to your local market and grab a bottle of 2 Sisters' Salsa made right there in Louisiana by people who know what salsa should taste like. Wait! What? Salsa from Lewsiana? Who ever heard of such a thing? It may seem like an odd place to make a Mexican condiment, but after chowing down on a...