The Texas Fiery Foods show is being held August 28-29 in Austin, Tx this year. Check out the web site for more info: http://texasfieryfoods.com/index.html If you came, I'm sure we could find time to show you around a little! David Cook GARRY SOMMERVILLE wrote: > > 'Heads, > I'm another of these pathetic peripatetic Kiwis and it's Winter here, > the fish have fled, the surf sucks and I need a dose of hot, bad. To > qualify for a write off on my trips I need to satisfy the nasty gnomes > in our tax service that any travel is a legit business expense, so I > seek a hot sauce convention or chilli gathering where I could > conceivably sell my range of hot sauces, (and single handedly balance > our trade deficit). I travelled to the 1997 International Chile Pepper > Expo in Dallas ,but it doesn't seem to be on this year. Anyone got any > goss on whats happening there? or could point me in the direction of > something suitably industry based? West Coast USA would be closer, but > hey kiwis might be flightless birds, but those stubby little legs let us > walk powerfully far. We plant our chili fields in the South Pacific > Spring (September) so it would need to be before then. > Kia Ora > Garry