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When I really got “into” hot sauce I was in college. As students back then we would eat whatever was cheap and soaked it with whatever hot sauce we could find to make it taste good, and since then I have never stopped. Tabasco, Minnie's hot peri-peri sauce, and Nando's peri-peri sauce are always in my fridge. Despite its widespread use, many people may wonder how this spicy staple affects your health. Besides giving foods a spicy kick, hot sauce has a number of qualities – ranging from improving your mood, to help you lose weight, to long-term medical benefits.

AKRON – Phyllis Jefferson, 50, of Akron is set to be sentenced Monday after she plead guilty to aggravated assault. Police say that Jefferson was arrested back in April after she stabbed her boyfriend.. Officials say she stabbed him with a pen for eating all of the salsa.

Tortillas and salsa are now outselling popular American foods like burger and hot dog buns, and ketchup. Experts say that as the Hispanic population in the U.S. grows, the consumption of Latin American foods, and Mexican foods in particular, continues to increase as well. This is similar to the way that Italian food became integrated into U.S. culture. “When you think about pizza and spaghetti, it's the same thing,” said Jim Kabbani, CEO of the Tortilla Industry Association. “People consider them American, not ethnic. It's the same with tortillas.” According to consumer research firm Packaged Facts, Latin American foods and...

Joseph Wambaugh solves the great UC Davis pepper-spraying incident Forget hiring Bill Bratton. You can learn all you need to know by reading the papers. In light of the terrible financial crisis at our California universities, I feel the need to rescue UC Davis, whose administrators are, according to The Times, negotiating a price with the Kroll security firm in New York for none other than former LAPD Chief Bill Bratton to fly West and tell us what went wrong on the day that students were pepper sprayed. I can save the university a hefty Kroll consulting fee by suggesting...

(English-language translation) New York - Salsa artist Willie Colón's political prediction for tomorrow's congressional elections in the United States is that the Democratic Party will lose most of its seats. He says this will be so as a consequence of the disappointment Americans, and the Hispanic community in particular, feel because Barack Obama's administration has not been capable of delivering what was promised. "The Democrats will suffer many losses. They promised a lot and have done nothing. The economic situation is difficult, and unemployment keeps wreaking havoc," the artist stated during an interview with the Inter News (INS) agency. To...

Hot or mild, the salsa and guacamole Americans love to order in restaurants may be packing an unexpected kick, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The dishes were blamed for one in 25 identified outbreaks of food poisoning at restaurants between 1998 and 2008—more than twice the rate of the previous decade, the CDC said.

MYFOXNY.COM - A deranged man went on a stabbing spree at a salsa dancing event in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan on Thursday night. Four people were stabbed in the random attack before police arrested the man. His name was not released. Police only described him as a black man in his 20s. Police recovered a knife with a 2-3 inch blade. The man also smashed a glass window on a 14th Street restaurant in the incident. Police say all the victims were hospitalized at Bellevue Hospital, but none of their wounds appeared to be life threatening. It happened at...

<p>Diego Bartolome just wanted to start a salsa business to help his mom after she lost her job. What the El Dorado County fourth-grader didn't expect was a crash course in red tape.</p> <p>The 10-year-old co-founded a hot little salsa company, grossing $1,000 from his Diego's Awesome Salsa by December and landing accounts at grocery stores. The salsa boy also got a taste of the media spotlight, with a profile in The Bee and an appearance on Channel 31's "Good Day Sacramento."</p>

Heard all over the Island are these two jingles. The one linked above is Hillary's (composed and sung by famed salsa singer Willie Colon). Barack Obama's catchy jingle was composed by Miguel Orozco of www.amigosdeobama.com and can be found on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOPuRoAmVNc

Salsa soldier sweethearts: Major Alan Taberner and Captain Linda Marshall. Official British Army photo. LONDON — An Army couple who first met at salsa dancing classes held at a British Army base in southern Iraq are to marry in Wigan this weekend.  Army Medics Major Alan Taberner, aged 50, and Captain Linda Marshall, aged 51, will marry at a civil ceremony at Haigh Hall, Wigan, two-and-a-half years after first meeting at Shaibah, near Basra, while both were serving at the military base's field hospital.As a novel means of keeping the troops entertained, keen dancer Alan had started "combat salsa" classes,...

Here's something to get you all riled up for the weekend... Join CODEPINK for New Year’s in Cuba December 27-January 2, 2006 Cuba is one of the most beautiful and fascinating countries on Earth—and George Bush says you can’t go there. Well, we’re going anyway, and we invite you to join us! This New Year’s CODEPINK will be organizing a large group of fun-loving and freedom-loving Americans to break George Bush’s ban on travel to Cuba. Join co-founders Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans, together with Academy Award winning producer Paul Haggis, as we visit with farmers at their co-ops, doctors...

A New Week....Well, almost....Will the Wall Street jitters continue??Will, FINALLY, steps be taken to end the judicial log jam in the Senate??Will the Dems, under Dr. Dean, begin to control their wacko elements??Just a few questions to ponder....We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail!

Looking for a little spicy fun? The 2005 Three Rivers Salsa Festival, set for April 2, will feature a fantastic line-up of South Texas entertainers and local salsa chefs vying for the title of Salsa Champion! The 2004 festival was a tremendous success, with sunny skies and crowds from all across South Texas and beyond. The salsa-making contest is the highlight of the festival, with amateur and professional competitors offering their recipe for the public to sample, with a grand prize of $1,000. Feeling spicy? Grab a cold drink and TRY to make it through the dozens of salsa entries...

One of the greatest turnarounds in baseball history, a CG Shutout against the best team in baseball...Jose Lima...It is Lima Time!

FROM THE TROOPS AT THE FRONT: The article on Salsa in Baghdad is quite amusing, more so because as a US Army Reservist/Salsero currently deployed to Baghdad, Iraq I would like to inform you that we DO have Salsa over in this wonderful desert paradise. I was actually quite pleasantly surprised to find Salsa in Iraq, but the large number of Mexican/Puerto Rican/Latinos in the US military tend to have SOME kind of Latin dancing whenever they are stationed together in large numbers, so it was an inevitable that eventually Salsa would find its way into this joyful desert paradise...

Week of June 19, 2004; Vol. 165, No. 25 , p. 397 Compound in salsa kills off salmonella Alexandra Goho Salsa is more than just a spicy condiment. New research suggests it may also offer protection against Salmonella, the common foodborne pathogen that can cause severe sickness and even death. In preliminary experiments, chemist Isao Kubo of the University of California, Berkeley determined that the juice from salsa, which contains mainly tomatoes, onions, cilantro, and green chilies, has antibacterial properties. Now, reporting in the June Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Kubo and his colleagues have zeroed in on a...

Europe Jazz Network MUSICIANS CELIA CRUZ Voice The Queen of Latin Music She commands her realm with a down-to-earth dignity unmistakably vibrant in her wide smile and striking poise. The strong life force flows from her center traveling through her hands. Her assurance defines her posture. Her voice propels power. She is Celia Cruz. The renowned Queen of Latin Music has traveled her four corners of the earth delivering her message of joy to life. Her more than 50 recorded albums are tribute to her talent, energy and perseverance. Her fans span four generations breaking down racial, and cultural barriers....