That was until DuPré received a letter from Shane Bernard, a curator and historian from the McIlhenny Co., which produces the hot sauce on Avery Island in Louisiana, who wrote to DuPré asking i ...

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Tops among them is Tabasco, which has been made by the McIlhenny Company out of Avery Island, La., since 1868. The company, still family-run and privately held, won't disclose its financials ...

McIlhenny, founded in 1868 in Louisiana, has been producing Original Red Tabasco Sauce for more than 150 years; that small bottle’s presence on diner tables worldwide is basically a given.

McIlhenny then attached a sprinkler-style top to the bottles to force people to use less (and stop complaining to him about it). 14. It is possible to buy an entire jug of Tabasco sauce.

This year, the honor will go to The McIlhenny Company, creators of the world famous Tabasco Sauce, which is based at Avery Island in Iberia Parish. Christian Brown, senior manager of strategic ...

McIlhenny, founded in 1868 in Louisiana, has been producing Original Red Tabasco Sauce for more than 150 years; that small bottle’s presence on diner tables worldwide is basically a given.

"The story goes that a passing Confederate soldier gifted McIlhenny some seeds from a Mexican tabasco pepper," the website of EPIC, the Irish Emigration Museum of Dublin, reports. "The diet of the ...