Carol Hall's roots are buried deep in the warm Louisiana soil of her childhood. Raised around Mama's big old kitchen table where family and friends came together to share their lives and their laughter, there was always a pot of something simmering in the back burner, always enough for one more. So, when she and her husband, Albert, first opened the doors at The Old Coast Hotel on the Mendocino Co
ast of California back in 1985, it was a natural extension of what she'd always done; serving up warm, Southern hospitality with her homestyle family recipes alongside a dab of that pungent Hot Pepper Jelly so esteemed today. The Hot Pepper Jelly Company is about good food, good people, good times, and good work. And it's about quality, not quantity - although those first two Hot Pepper Jellies have grown into a line of over 40 products sold nationwide today. Hand-made in small batches, using the finest ingredients without additives, Carol has won local and national awards for her culinary skills; skills fostered from her Southern roots and cultivated on the farm where for 10 years she and Albert raised nearly all of their own food for their family of six. Carol is often called upon to share her comprehensive knowledge with local entrepreneurs and national educators alike, such as the Culinary Institute of America, whose classes have come west to savor the bounty of the California wine country. And, the Hot pepper Jelly Company is about family. At various times, you will find one son in the kitchen, one on-line, another in shipping, a granddaughter in the store, and Albert and Leslie at the drawing table. These days, you'll surely find daughter Leslie in the kitchen working to make more renowned Southern magic! The Hot Pepper Jelly Company is always evolving and you're sure to find something for all: from Jalapeno Pepper Jelly to the Oscar Award-winning Peach Cobbler Jam, to Apple Apricot Chutney, to Sweet Lemon Buttery Jam....the alchemy continues.