A FOOTLOOSE CORRESPONDENTS piece about the tabasco industry on Avery Island, La., and family history of the McIlhennys, owners of the business and the island. Visit to a salt mine on the island.
A culinary and cultural icon, 120,000 visitors come to Avery Island annually, to experience all-things TABASCO®. Known as ‘Ile Petite Anse’, the hot sauce has helped put Iberia Parish on the map.
which draws on its distinctive bottle shape and diamond logo McIlhenny Company’s Tabasco sauce has an illustrious brand history. Founded by Edmund McIlhenny in 1868 on Avery Island, Louisiana, it was ...