Blog entries tagged scams

My Encounter with a Fake Foodie—A True Story

Dave DeWitt — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:51:53 +0100

Time: Earlier This Week
Location: A Poorly Stocked Wine Store in Todos Santos, Baja California Sur
The Players: Bill and Roberta, Dave and Mary Jane, Numerous American Retirees, and One 30-Something Yuppie Store Owner Undoubtedly from the American California

“This is one...

Pepper Thieves

Kelli Bergthold — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 04:17:09 +0100

From the pepper bandits who made off with more than 26,000 pounds of red peppers in Adra, Spain, to the pepper thief who stole 128 pounds of sweet peppers – valued at $20,000 – from a farm in California, chile peppers are definitely a hot commodity on the black market. But it’s not just humans w...

The Myth of Hatch Chiles

Dave DeWitt — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:00:00 +0100

There is no such thing as a Hatch chile, despite all the hype about them. It is not a chile variety, as many people think. Yes, there are chiles grown in Hatch, usually the varieties 'Barker' and 'NuMex 6-4'. These grown-in-Hatch varieties are no better than those grown in the Mesilla Valley or in Deming. There are simply not enough chiles grown in Hatch to supply all...

Bernie in Hell

Dave DeWitt — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:00:00 +0100

A New York City artist has come up with a great way to insult the disgraced Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff: a bottle of hot habanero sauce called "Bernie in Hell." Alex Gardega said he wanted to make a statement about Madoff, who is accused of taking $50 billion from investors in his fund. Bottles of the sauce, available for sale at $10 each on Garde...

C$40 Million in Cocaine Found in Boxes of Hot Sauce!

Dave DeWitt — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Many years ago I wrote a novel that was never published called Sidewinders, and in it my hero, a journalist, uncovers a plot to smuggle cocaine into the U.S. in cans of Mexican food products like enchilada sauce. Well, today in Durham, Ontario police arrested Mahendrapaul Doodnauth (how could I make that name up?) and charged him with smuggling 2...

Attention Industry People: Scam Alert

Fiery Foods Manager — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:00:00 +0100

Doug "Captain Redbeard" at Captain Foods writes: " An e-mail from a person or company called Keith Moore Investments from Spain is looking for products for one of his stores in Spain. He says they will pay by credit card but the scam is in the shipping requirements that that they require you to meet. His English is very bad and he doesn't know anything about our industry and you can tell he is trying to wing it. So please broadcast this as a warning to ou...