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Strange Food Pairings to Love

Epicurious | Posted 03.26.2013 | Taste
Epicurious

For some, it's that irresistible mashup of salty and sweet. For others, it's a characteristic crunch accompanied by a creamy counterpart. To each his own, I say.

The Items I Find Impossible To Open

John Blumenthal | Posted 04.01.2013 | Fifty
John Blumenthal

OK, you just bought a jar of kosher pickles and you're dying to put one on the burger you just barbecued. You should be able to just unscrew the lid easily, remove the juicy pickle from its briny bathwater and slap it on the meat. This used to be easy. Not anymore.

Last-Minute Gift? Think Vermont

Peter Mandel | Posted 02.21.2013 | Travel
Peter Mandel

Even if you haven't ever been to Vermont, you've got some Green Mountains in your mind. I know you do. There's that image of a town with candles in windows. There are those trees tapped for sugaring. And there's that swirling nighttime snow.

We Actually Liked A Peanut Butter And Pickle Sandwich

Posted 12.05.2012 | Taste

Cautiously, trepidatiously, we spread peanut butter on white bread.

The Best Things To Pickle This Autumn

Posted 11.07.2012 | Taste

Make no mistake, summer is not the only season for pickling.

WATCH: Canning Pickles

Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 12.19.2012 | Taste
Rebecca Gerendasy

Paul Fuller and his wife Judy have been building their food processing business Sweet Creek Foods -- they refer to it as a "glassery" rather than a cannery -- for 12 years.

WATCH: How To Make Bread And Butter Pickles

Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 12.17.2012 | Taste
Rebecca Gerendasy

For those looking for their first canning adventure, or for those new to pickling cucumbers, Yeoman's shows you the complete process, and how easy it is to make your own fresh pickles.

How To Pickle Anything, No Canning Necessary

EatingWell | Posted 11.06.2012 | Taste
EatingWell

There are certain things I'll never understand: the rules of cricket, how fish reproduce, and people who don't like pickles. Because, come on, pickles taste amazing! Here are a few easy tips for making sure your pickles come out great.

E. Coli-Contaminated Pickles Kill At Least Six, Sicken 100

AP | Posted 08.19.2012 | Home

TOKYO -- Health officials say six people have died and at least 100 others have been sickened by pickles contaminated with E. coli bacteria in norther...

Pickles Are Moving Beyond Dill

Kitchen Daily | Posted 08.31.2012 | Taste

If you think you're not a fan of pickles, it's probably because you've only ever tried the store-bought varieties. They're a shame to the pickle name....

Meatless Monday: In a Pickle and Other Tales of Summer Abundance from Chef John Toulze

Ellen Kanner | Posted 09.29.2012 | Green
Ellen Kanner

Summer bumper crops can be beautiful. And overwhelming. But here's the other side -- we waste up to half of our food in this country. Toulze puts everything to use, something he learned from his mother. "My mom has always pickled and jarred as long as I can remember," he says.

The Best And Worst Supermarket Dill Pickles

Posted 08.31.2012 | Taste

Whether you eat them straight out of the jar or wedged in a sub sandwich (or better yet, in a grilled cheese sandwich), there's nothing like a dill pi...

Preserve Spring: Pickle Ramps And Other Onions

Meathead | Posted 08.31.2012 | Taste
Meathead

Ramps, like other onions, are an underground bulb with long, tall green grasslike stalks. Ramps are much smaller than leeks, more like scallions, but the leaves are flatter.

The Pickle Guys

Marilinda Hodgdon | Posted 04.28.2012 | Home
Marilinda Hodgdon

If you like pickles you will really enjoy the fantastic assortment of hand made pickles from The Pickle Guys.

Can Pickles, Sauerkraut and Fermented Foods Make You Healthier?

Grace Suh Coscia, L.Ac., Dipl.O.M. | Posted 04.02.2012 | Home
Grace Suh Coscia, L.Ac., Dipl.O.M.

Fortunately for people like my husband, kimchi isn't the only fermented vegetable. Pickles, sauerkraut, and other fermented foods also introduce probiotics to your gut to help balance microflora.

Watch: Cultured Pickles and the Coca-Cola of Fermented Foods

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 01.30.2012 | Home
Kirsten Dirksen

For Alex Hozven, food is either living or dead. At her Cultured Pickle Shop in Berkeley, California, she tends 20,000 pounds of vegetables that "breathe" carbon dioxide. She's simply pickling vegetables, but to most of us used to "dead food," it's a foreign concept.

Pickle or Perish

Liz Neumark | Posted 01.16.2012 | Home
Liz Neumark

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Pickled Okra From my C.S.A. Share

Jamaliya Cobine | Posted 10.24.2011 | Home
Jamaliya Cobine

2011-08-24-Screenshot20110823at9.22.54PM.jpg My C.S.A. share blessed me with a vegetable both loved and loathed by many: okra.

Homemade Ketchup And 9 Other Easy DIY Kitchen Staples

Food Republic | Posted 09.17.2011 | Home
Food Republic

A bottle of ketchup is such a ubiquitous refrigerator staple that it might never occur to you to make your own. But homemade ketchup is easy to make, ...

Four Loko Pickles (Part I)

Ridiculous Food Society Of Upstate New York | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

I recalled a NY Times article about the deep south specialty that is the Kool Aid Pickle. Kool Aid pickles are your normal kosher dills that have bee...

Chef Speak: Jen Smith

Heather Taylor | Posted 10.28.2011 | Los Angeles
Heather Taylor

Artisan extraordinaire Jen Smith's recently launched Pickle of the Month Club has attracted numerous subscribers, who patiently wait each month for what Jen calls "five jars of magic."

No-Fuss Pickled Green Tomatoes

Meathead | Posted 12.17.2011 | Home
Meathead

If you love the crunchy, thick walled, salty, sour, spicy, herbaceous treats like I do, wait til you see how easy they are to make. This technique is almost foolproof.

The Zen of Burger Condiments

Meathead | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Meathead

I'm all about perfecting the old tried and true, so I keep the condiments simple and let the beef shine through. READ MORE How to Grill Great Steakhouse Steaks The Ultimate Grilled Corn On The Cob A Taxonomy Of Regional American Barbecue Sauces & Recipes The Most Important BBQ Concept For Backyard Cooks

Bourbon and Brine

Max Watman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Max Watman

The pickleback is an odd trend for the cocktail world. There is no mixing, there are no housemade tinctures, no rarified ingredients. There isn't even any ice.

Pickle Bill: Homemade Goods Law

AP | DINESH RAMDE | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

MILWAUKEE — At Wisconsin farmers markets, vendors no longer need licenses to sell pickles, jams and other canned foods, while small farmers in M...