Entries by ChrisS

Pickle Party at Grand Central Market

Tangy, tart, and fabulously fermentable times are just ahead downtown. By Alysia Gray Painter   –   NBC Los Angeles The pickle is pretty darn quirky, and we’re not just talking about its fun-to-say, oh-so-charming name. It’s a specific foodstuff — everyone knows what you mean when you say “I want a pickle” — and yet […]

Dillsburg Picklefest: Try the pickle soup

Rick Lee, rlee@ydr.com   –   FlipSidePA The pickle soup served at two of Dillsburg‘s annual events — the PickleFest in May and the Pickle Drop on New Year’s Eve — is not really an acquired taste, said Scott Shugart, the man responsible for finding the recipe some two decades ago. “It’s a little out of […]

Jalapeno Pineapple Pulled Pork Tacos

This is a fantastic mix of sweet, spicy and smoke! by Randy Shannon   –   WHBL I started with an 8 lb bone in pork shoulder. I was planning on making tacos with this batch, so I made a  special batch of rub with some great southwestern flavors and plenty of kick.  A little binder: honey, […]

Improve your digestion in 7 days with these fixes

It seems everyone you speak to is dealing with some sort of digestive issue – if you aren’t, consider yourself lucky. When our digestion just isn’t right, we can feel sluggish, bloated, uncomfortable – we can even lose our desire to get out there and enjoy life. However, digestive problems shouldn’t plague our existence, nor […]

Pickled and Fermented Festival happening in Ashland

RICHMOND, Va – Science shows that eating pickled and fermented foods can have health benefits. You can preserve  the season’s fresh vegetables when you ferment them and you’ll find everything from vegetables to fruit at the “1st Annual Pickled and Fermented Festival.” Ashley Ray and Larkin Garbee from the Artisan Pickle Club filled us in on […]

The pickle queen of India

Usha’s Pickle Digest, written by Chennai-based Usha R Prabakaran, contains over 1,000 recipes from across the country, and is a tribute to India’s culinary ingenuity. Written by Lalitha Suhasini   –   The Indian Express “In words and pickles, I have immortalised my memories, although distortions are inevitable in both methods,” writes Saleem Sinai, the […]

Dining in Muscat: Nachos Night Out

By Swati Dasgupta   –   Times of Oman What to do when you start your week with a serious Tex-Mex craving? Whether eaten at a restaurant or whipped up at home, a cheesy, spicy plate of nachos is just the thing to make your stomach salsa. Happiness is a plate full of nachos, while […]