The McIlhenny family has made Tabasco sauce on Avery Island for some five generations. As the company shares, “Built on a salt dome, it’s a mysteriously beautiful place where the red peppers grow, the ...
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.
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.
It is a fascinating terrain made from salt domes. The dome is what creates the “island” Avery Island sits upon. Avery Island is home to the Tabasco Factory, where the famous hot sauce is made. The ...
According to him, he created the "sauce, the drip, the splash" in hip-hop. The Sauce Factory, the independent record label he started, has provided him with the foundation to build an empire ...