2006 is the Year of the Chile Pepper

Isn't EVERY year the year of the chile pepper??

According to the National Garden Bureau, 2006 is the year of the chile. Yippee! Here are several links to chile centric sites.

Check out the Hatch Chile festival September 2-3.

Click here to pre-order your fresh hatch chile peppers (which will be harvested in August/September).

Here's the link to the Santa Fe Wine and Chile Fiesta Sept 27-Oct 1.

Here's the Whole Enchilada Fiesta site. This festival is held in Las Cruces Setp 22-24.

The Really Chile Festival is held in Santa Fe on Sept 18th and includes fun stuff like a low rider show and Santana look alike contest. fun!

Here is a great site with lots of amusing articles about chile peppers.

Here's a recipe for green chile stew from the Fiery Foods website. This is one of my favorite dishes.

Here's a chart that will tell you how hot each type of chile pepper is. Of course, this is relative because it depends on the growing season. Green chiles, for example, can be mild or very hot.

Here's another site from which you can order chile peppers. And here's a nice picture of farmers tending a green chile pepper field from their website.