Jalapenos will again get Fiesta Mexicana off to a hot start

This will be the 25th year for the jalapeno-eating contest Posted: July 13, 2015 – 5:14pm By Bill Blankenship   – www.cjonline.com bill.blankenship@cjonline.com Want to disperse a huge crowd? Try dousing them with pepper spray. Want to attract a huge crowd? Offer them the chance to watch some foolhardy folk down a bunch of red hot chili peppers. […]

Antioch man eats 52 jalapenos in 10 minutes to win contest

By Denys Bucksten News-Sun Antioch 52-year-old consumed his age in the spicy-hot peppers A cool and calm Antioch man crushed the field Saturday in Mundelein Community Days’ Jalapeno Eating Contest, consuming his age, 52 of the crunchy, spicy-hot peppers. Mike Meyer was among eight entrants, in two flights, who tested their intestines in the contest, sponsored […]

MEET THE GUY WHO’S WRIST-DEEP IN ALL MANNER OF PICKLES

At Tito’s we are always happy to hear about successful artisan pickle makers who are carrying on the great tradition of creating quality pickles.  The following article is a great example of this: BY KEVIN KESSLER THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015 | http://www.villagevoice.com/   The smell of vinegar and salt is noticeable about halfway down the block, just past […]

Aramark Celebrates Hot Dog Month with Fanciful Franks

PHILADELPHIA, July 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Aramark (NYSE: ARMK), the award-winning food and hospitality partner for nine Major League Baseball teams, is celebrating National Hot Dog Month (July) with a delicious roster of gourmet hot dogs. Selling nearly four and a half million hot dogs at MLB ballparks last season, Aramark’s lineup of ballpark hot dogs […]

Study: Eating pickles, yogurt can reduce social anxiety

By Alixandra Caole Vila (philstar.com) | Updated July 7, 2015 – 2:08pm MANILA, Philippines –  A study published in Psychiatry Research claims social anxiety may be eased by eating fermented foods like pickles. Social anxiety is defined by Socialanxietyinstitue.org as the fear of interaction with other people that brings on self-consciousness and feelings of being negatively judged and evaluated which, as a result, […]