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THE HUNT

November 2, 2012 · Sam Hiersteiner

On the Trail of Interesting Ingredients with One
of Our Favorite Chefs: Scott Drewno

Scott Drewno must be harboring a Confucian secret that gives him the energy to juggle roles like he does. He’s the Executive Chef at blue chip Asian-fusion restaurant The Source by Wolfgang Puck. He’s the alpha dog on the local cooking competition circuit having won the last two Cochon 555 events (the “Pork Olympics”) and various other battles.

He’s a devoted husband to his high school sweetheart, Allison, and enthusiastically prescribes the scientifically proven formula “happy wife = happy life.” Ask around

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Hooked on Hot

November 3, 2012 · Sam Hiersteiner

The Addiction To Pepper Sauce Hits Home

photos by Hannah Colclazier

According to a recent study, hot sauce production is America’s eighth-fastest-growing industry, expanding almost as quickly as yoga studios, self-tanning products and social network gaming. How is this possible? A brainy Slate writer named Matthew Yglesias provides the answer: “capsaicin, the molecule that makes hot sauce so ‘hot,’ is basically like heroin.”

I have gone to extraordinary lengths for a fix. Lifting bottles of Tabasco from restaurants. Bartering family heirlooms for hard-to-find small-batch varieties like Uncle Brutha’s #10. Showing up at a colleague’s desk, shivering, to ask for a

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