Create a new dip or sauce.

“So how does this all lead to hot sauce? Well it really started when my garden kept giving me a prolific amount of chili peppers. I had grown mostly tomatoes and chili peppers to make salsa, but one day I decided to make a simple hot sauce. It has been about six years now since that day and I have become quite adept in this specific field and melding it with the influences of my culinary experiences. The first hot sauce that I made that wasn't a basic recipe was one I had spiced up. I had been to a taco shop in LA called Tacos Por Favor and they had a salsa that had what felt like holiday-like spices in it. I tried to recreate this in a hot sauce form and that's when the creativity really began.”

“My journey in sauce creation has been a blend of trial and error, each attempt like a chapter in my culinary diary. I remember a rainy evening when I decided to channel my inner chef by crafting a barbecue sauce from scratch. I grabbed a mix of ketchup, brown sugar, and a splash of apple cider vinegar, but it was the unexpected addition of coffee that turned the sauce into something magical. It was a personal revelation—who knew that coffee could add depth to the sweetness?”