White Chicks Can Make Hot Stuff - Just Ask The Hot Gringas' About Their Jalapeno Sauces

DENVER, CO, January 22, 2011 (Press-News.org) Hot Gringas', aptly named because they are a couple of "white chicks making hot stuff", entered the specialty food market with their jalapeno sauces as best friends, neighbors, and single moms. After much testing they hit upon their successful specialty Jalapeno Relish and Sweet Chili Sauce, which is being sold on Fooducopia.com.

Tarisa Peterson, who was laid off from her tech industry job, along with her business partner and friend Michelle Storey, who was running a day care, had been experimenting with a relish recipe for over a year. As part of their research and development, they grew 25 varieties of pepper plants to test different flavors and spices. One recipe was a clear winner - according to about 100 of their friends - and Hot Gringas' Jalapeno Relish was born.

Since they began selling their jalapeno sauces commercially in December 2008, they can be found at local farmers' markets, and also are stocked on grocery store shelves in and around their home base of Denver, CO.

"Hot Gringas' is an excellent addition to Fooducopia.com's virtual shelves," says Tim Lymberopoulos, Fooducopia.com's co-founder. "Their jalapeno sauces are all natural and preservative free, and our customers have responded very positively to their products."

Peterson echoes Lymberopoulos' sentiment. "We really feel that Fooducopia is such a good 'fit' for us. They offer a wide variety of artisan foods, and they care about the people who make them and buy them."

Peterson, the company's "head gringa", offers both the Jalapeno Sauce and Sweet Chili Sauce on http://Fooducopia.com. Both products are peanut and preservative free, all natural, and vegan. In addition, the Sweet Chili Sauce is gluten free.

Fooducopia.com was founded in 2008 as a means to bridge the gap between small-scale food producers and consumers. Small-scale producers have an opportunity to expand their businesses in a cost efficient way, and customers are offered a respite from factory-produced food. For more information about Fooducopia.com, visit the website at http://fooducopia.com or email tim(at)fooducopia(dot)com.