Food book: Preserving the Japanese Way lifts lid on pickling, salting and fermenting

Susan Jung looks forward to making use of Californian Nancy Singleton Hachisu’s book to finally make pickled daikon and pickles fermented in rice bran I’ve long been fascinated by Japanese preserves but most of them seemed far too difficult and intimidating to attempt myself. I make kimchi, sauerkraut, jams and cured meat, and have dabbled […]

Springfield: The Dugout

by Katie Tonarely, For the News-Leader Whether you hit up Springfield Cardinals games or not, you’ve likely heard of the Dugout. Or maybe not. Though I tend to enjoy nearly all of the things the Dugout serves, and the occasional Springfield Cardinals game, the only thing I’ve really heard about the Dugout is that they have […]

York County towns drop everything (it seems) for New Year’s

Jessica Schladebeck, 505-5438/@JessDispatch   –   York Dispatch People all over the world ring in the New Year with a variety of traditions, but not many can say they kick it off with a pickle drop. The Dillsburg Pickle Drop, now in its 23rd year, will be held at the Citizens Hose Fire Co.’s Community Memorial […]

North Carolina New Year’s events include acorn drop, hockey – and pickles

By WNCN staff   –   WNCN Acorns will drop, as will pucks and pickles, as North Carolinians ring in the New Year Thursday night.In Raleigh, the popular First Night sprawls across downtown with a wide variety of acts and music. There’s everything from a Johnny Cash cover band to an Andy Griffith film festival […]

2015’s Best & Worst in Burgers

From burgerbusiness.com, by admin Another year, another unbelievable assortment of burgers. Are we running out of new burger ideas? Well, BurgerBusiness.com featured more than 600 different builds just in the Burger of the Month specials roundups this year. I like to say there are no bad burgers, but here are some of the more- and […]