tag: pickles

5 Regrettable Food Trends of 2012

'Tis the time of the year where journalists look back at the months that has passed us by, as well as forward at the year quickly approaching, and make observations, judgments and predictions on every…

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Pickled Green Tomatoes

I used to really like chipmunks. Then I started gardening... As I became a repeat victim of their destructive, seemingly pointless digging and their casual, heart-breaking habit of taking bites out of…

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27 Foods to Make from Scratch (Slideshow)

There are so many reasons to make food from scratch -- the cost, the taste, the lack of preservatives to name a few. When it comes down to it though, successfully tackling DIY food projects …

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Garden Giving You Cucumbers? Make Quick Pickles!

This is the time of year when my mom would pull out my grandma’s recipe and make a big crock of mustard pickles from the abundance of cucumbers at our farmer’s market. Pickle-making was a pretty major…

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Fermenting Vegetables at Home

Last week I wrote about the benefits of including fermented foods in your daily diet. You can serve a small amount of pickle, sauerkraut, or Kimchi with each meal and that little bit goes a long way i…

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Quick Crock Pickles

It's definitely that time of year, when the piles of irresistible produce purchased from the greenmarket start piling up on the counter and in the crisper. I, for one, get greedy remembering the barre…

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