Article: Spicy bagel chips and cheesecake? Everything's hot at this convention

REBECCA ROLWING Associated Press Writer
AP Online
03-07-1998
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ For years, Americans were afraid of the chili pepper and consigned it to ethnic dishes many people wouldn't go near.

That's all changed as hot and spicy is in _ from cheesecake to chicken sauces.

Nowhere is that more apparent than this weekend's 10th annual National Fiery Foods Show, which opened here Friday and features products such as Brain Damage-Mind Blowin' Hot Sauce and D.O.A. Cyanide Hot Sauce, which are just for the brave.

``It looks a lot like a fad because of the crazy names of the products. However, in reality hot and spicy is the biggest trend in the country,'' said Dave DeWitt, ...

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