"The crunch from my first bite into the fried chicken was as sweet sounding as hearing the school bell ring at the end of a ...

For Crystal hot sauce, it’s a guy who goes by the name of Pepper. Alvin A. Baumer III, or Pepper, as he’s known by almost everyone, is the soon-to-be heir of the Crystal empire.

Almost every New Orleans area home has a bottle of Crystal and Tabasco, and not just because of their local ties. The pepper sauces were first beloved in the Pelican State, but both have gone on ...

Crystal Hot Sauce was indeed bottled at that location in the 4300 block of Tulane Avenue from the 1940s until the federal levee failures flooded the building following Hurricane Katrina. The ...

Hint: it's Louisiana-style. Southerners know that hot sauce is much more than a spicy condiment. It's lifestyle, a ...

For years, Crystal also produced mustard and barbecue sauce, and it bottled products for other companies. Today Baumer products include hot sauce as well as steak, soy and Worcestershire sauces ...

Crystal sauce began as one of several Baumer Foods’ products. Baumer was started in 1923 on Tchoupitoulas Street when Alvin Baumer borrowed money to purchase “Mill’s Fruit Products,” a ...