If you're not happy unless you're eating something that sets your taste buds on fire, you may want to check out the eighth annual I Like It Hot! Festival. The fiery food fest features all manner of spicy foods, homemade hot sauces, hot pepper plants, a pepper eating contest, amateur hot sauce and salsa competitions and plenty else. Sept. 27-28, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat., 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sun., Minnreg Building, 6340 126th Ave. N., Largo, $3 general (kids 12 and under enter for free), 727-322-9329.
This article appears in Sep 24-30, 2008.