Balancing Act: Bitter, sour flavors help bring harmony to menu items.

By Barney Wolf   –   QSR Magazine It seems that much of foodservice’s focus is on flavors that are sweet, salty, and savory, but there’s something to be said for ingredients that bring the tastes of bitter and sour. Just as composers add minor chords and dissonance to their works to give them a certain […]

“Pickles trump politics”

AUDREY WELLS Read more: http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2016/02/pickle-president Quoted from The Daily Tar Heel Though it won’t be on the ballot this March, the campaign for pickle president is underway. At an event at the Kernersville YMCA, Jenny Fulton of Miss Jenny’s Pickles officially announced her candidacy for pickle president in 2016. Fulton is now on the campaign […]

When should I plant tomatoes and jalapenos in containers in New Orleans?

By Dan Gill, The Times-Picayune garden columnist QUESTION: When would be the best time to plant tomatoes and jalapeño peppers in containers? I live near Chalmette. —Anonymous ANSWER: Since you’ll be planting in containers, it gives you some latitude. We generally wait until the danger of freezes has passed to plant transplants of tomatoes and […]

New EMU major combines beer, pickles, cheese and science

By Ben Freed | benfreed@mlive.com   –   MLive Science class never tasted this good. Students wanting to learn the chemistry behind brewing and distilling will soon be able to enroll as Fermentation Science majors at Eastern Michigan University. The new major, approved by the school’s Board of Regents Friday, will be a comprehensive four-year program […]

Patak’s forced to revert to original lime pickle recipe after outcry

By Saffron Alexander  –  The Telegraph Indian food producer Patak’s has  been forced to revert back to its old recipe after the launch of a new version of their lime pickle angered fans. The ‘improved’ recipe, which contained less oil, extra lime in smaller chunks, and more kalonji seeds than the original, was introduced early last year […]