Mama Tomasa

September 14, 2026

By Author:

Julian LeConte

Mama Tomasa is a sauce and snack brand that works to share traditional Peruvian flavors with our region and celebrate the rich culture behind them.

Owner Brigitte Hege creates just a few products. Her Aji Amarillo sauce showcases the fruity, bright orange pepper that is essential in Peruvian cuisine, along with Peruvian Black Mint (hua-catay), while her Rocoto Red Chili sauce is made from spicy rocoto peppers and onion. She also makes chocolate quinoa crisps, in both milk and 72% dark chocolate. All are made using whole, simple ingredients with no additives. Her recipes come straight from her grandmother’s kitchen, for whom the company is named: Mama Tomasa.

You will learn quickly that the Aji Amarillo sauce goes great on anything and everything.

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Amber Turpin

Amber Selene Turpin is a freelance food and travel writer based in the Santa Cruz Mountains. She is a regular contributor to the Mercury News, Edible Magazines, 7×7, Marin Living, Diablo and the Slow Wine Guide, with work appearing in Bon Appétit, EatingWell and many other publications over the past 20 years.

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Julian LeConte

Julian LeConte finds creative ways to capture the little things and give them a moment in the spotlight. He also builds his own drones to work on his FPV skills and aerial photography.

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