Pick a peck of pickled peppers at Star Pickling

By Liz Teitz Special to The Herald News As you walk into Star Pickling Corp. in Swansea, you can smell the vinegar even before you open the door. It gets stronger as you step inside, into the small store where the shelves are lined with pickled vegetables — it almost made my eyes water, though […]

Phat Beets launches youth-run pickle company

by Alix Wall   –   Berkeley Side By now most East Bay residents are familiar with CSAs, or community-supported agriculture — consumers subscribe to a farm and receive in return boxes of organic, seasonal produce. Oakland-based nonprofit Phat Beets Produce has been running one such CSA for six years, but they’re now taking the concept one […]

Portland’s Po’ Boys & Pickles changes hands

The popular New Orleans-style restaurant known for its po’ boy sandwiches and Louisiana gumbo was bought by a Portland resident who says he plans to keep the menu the same. BY MEREDITH GOAD STAFF WRITER   –   Portland Press Herald Po’ Boys & Pickles, the quirky New Orleans-style sandwich shop at 1124 Forest Ave., […]

Hillary Clinton loves jalapenos, Mike Huckabee is a gifted rap artist, and other fun facts about the 2016 candidates

Becca Stanek   –   The Week You may know Donald Trump’s stance on immigration, but did you know his stance on Adele? People decided to ask some of the 2016 presidential candidates a few personal questions, and while some of the results aren’t that surprising — Donald Trump’s “guilty pleasure” TV show is the Saturday […]

Life Is Sweet For Backyard Brine. And Sour. And Spicy And …

By GREGORY ZELLER   –   Innovateli Randy Kopke knows there’s an artisan in all of us. For the self-employed contractor – tile and masonry, mostly – it turned out to be pickling, a hobby he shared with his wife, Cori, a freelance bookkeeper. Just two years after the amateurs supplied 200 jars of handcrafted […]