Meet The Pepper Geeks!
Hi there! We’re Calvin and Crystalyn, and welcome to Pepper Geek. As you may have guessed, we love peppers! 🌶️
From growing peppers in our apartment closet, to blending our own sauces in the kitchen, it all started with a love of spicy food. As far as I’m concerned, a meal isn’t complete without some level of heat.
Pepper Geek is more than a blog, it’s a community. I know there are thousands of chiliheads just like us with a fridge door dedicated to hot sauce and a back room dedicated to pepper plants. We want to share our passion with all the fellow spice addicts by helping gardeners grow healthy pepper plants, and then sharing our amazing spicy recipes in the kitchen.
We started off as seedlings and we’ve learned so much. Thanks for sharing this spicy journey with us!
Calvin
Calvin is a passionate pepper enthusiast who has grown and experimented with peppers for over a decade. Calvin helps run a YouTube channel with over 200,000 subscribers where he shares gardening advice and pepper recipes with spice lovers around the world. As a guest on the Epic Gardening podcast, he’s shared his expert pepper tips with gardeners everywhere. Plus, he manages a website (the one you’re on now, of course) that attracts millions of gardeners and home-cooks each year.
Calvin’s favorite pepper recipes:
Crystalyn
Crystalyn is the creative force behind Pepper Geek, where she’s helped craft over 100 pepper recipes. She shares her creations in YouTube videos, and helps growers get better results with useful gardening tips and techniques. Crystalyn also manages the Pepper Week email newsletter and writes blog posts about gardening and cooking that inspire readers to get spicy in the kitchen. Whether she’s developing new flavors or sharing gardening wisdom, Crystalyn is all about making pepper growing and cooking fun, flavorful, and accessible to everyone.
Crystalyn’s favorite recipes:
Other things we love: Our dog and cat, sushi, Disney, farmer’s markets, video games, traveling, and playing music. We also grow hundreds of plants besides peppers, which is why we created Geeky Greenhouse for our non-pepper gardening content!
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Thanks for stopping by our spicy corner of the internet! If you’re interested in growing your own peppers, this is a great place to start. For cooking with peppers, check out our many spicy recipes here.