The offerings: Six sauces – Umami, Spicy Mustard, Hot Red Sauce, Hot Green Sauce, La Bomba and Hot Ketchup. The most popular is the reserve special and green pepper madness ($8.99 per bottle and also sold in several set sizes).
The story: In 2009, Carline Phanor started making hot sauces at home from peppers she grew in her backyard. “My friends loved them so much when they came for dinner and encouraged me to sell it,” she says. Phanor, who lived in New York and Haiti before moving to Miami in 1991, uses habanero, scotch bonnets and fatalii peppers plus apple cider vinegar and spices in her recipes. “The combo of peppers is extremely flavorful,” she says.
How to use: The green pepper is good on sandwiches and wraps and in soups, and the red one is great for marinating meat and fish.
Where to buy: At Bravo and Presidente grocery stores, Broward Meat and Fish, Food Fair, Food Town, Norman Brothers and Joanna’s Marketplace and others.