Philemon Walters makes a variety of delicious products, but his hot sauces have a sublime complexity of flavor and artistic vision in the blend of flavors and how they reach across the palate.

I am particularly fond of his Caribbean Hot Pepper Sauce. I bring it to work, and my colleagues eat it up on me. They all say the same thing: "It's really hot, but it tastes so good!"  The secret is that it brings the heat into the food, instead of just sitting on top of it. Even people who "don't like hot stuff" find themselves trying it a second and a third time.  

I just bought a jar of his beach-plum jelly. It is beautiful in color and translucency, and the flavor is full and fruity, not just sugar and more sugar.

Walters is fanatical about his technique and about the quality of his ingredients, including growing his own peppers on a farm he owns in Jamaica. That's the artisan mind, and you can get it at your farmers' market!