I never want to eat food from a folding plastic spoon again – at least not until next year. This past MLK weekend was a whirlwind of sweets, condiments, pickles, oils, meats, cheeses, spirits, beer and everything in-between. San Francisco has kindly and conveniently combined two of the greatest what’s-new-and-great-in-artisan-food events – the Good Food Awards and the Winter Fancy Food […]
Some foods are just divisive. Love it or hate it. This is one of them. But while Asian pickles are my passion, Jewish pickles are my heritage. Kosher dills, straight-up kraut – I love them all as much as a corned beef sandwich and, of course, every smoked and pickled fish I’ve ever met. Pickled herring is certainly an […]
This picture is just so bright and sunny… This is a super easy fermented pickle of beautiful vegetables I got from the fall farmers market, and it follows my basic method for easy ferments. In this jar: One bunch of French breakfast radishes, washed and scrubbed really well. I chopped the greens (on the bottom) and sliced the radishes in […]
You lucky domestic god(dess), you! You have a chance to stake your claim on one ESSENTIAL copy of Kate Payne’s master tome, the Hip Girl’s Guide to the Kitchen. She’s such a doll that she’s also throwing in one of her handcrafted Yeah, I Pickled That dishtowels…a stunning 100% cotton affair made in the US and designed by Kate in […]
Fellow Pickle Nerds! Our friends at urban homesteading retailer FarmCurious have asked me to test-pickle their very cool fermenting set – this is a great tool for set-it-and-forget-it krauting, kvas’ing, and so much more…. The giveaway info is below. But in the meantime, check it out: It’s a simple concept, really. Any size Mason jar is the perfect vessel – great […]