>Hi, Kari -- you like your food spicy in the wilds of Oregon? Hi Penny, Love 'em. I've loved spicy food ever since I was a kid growing up in Northeast Ohio. A stint in Austin, TX helped to cement the relationship. Since then we've lived all over and were often "forced" to learn how to make the foods we love and to resort to mail order for ingredients. Now, we're finding that a wider range of ingredients and products are now available all over--we've got a couple of wonderful Asian grocers and Latin American markets in our area. And a breeder of chiles--so we can grow our own (gardening connection!). Kari--who is crazy about spice and chiles! Kari Whittenberger-Keith kariwk@oregon.uoregon.edu Managing Editor, Old House Chronicle http://www.oldhousechronicle.com