Girl Scout Class: The Art of Quick Pickling

Did you know that you can pickle just about any vegetable you can grow?  Pickling is a great way to preserve food that would otherwise spoil! It enables us to enjoy vegetables year round, even when they are not in season. We’ll learn how the process works and use herbs, spices, and vinegar to make […]

Culinary business brings fresh Florida ingredients to its twist of an old art

BY MARY SCOURTES GREACEN   –   The Tampa Tribune Special Correspondent SOUTH TAMPA — Two Tampa natives have a new take on the can-do spirit. Marte Watson and her son, Armin, pamper Mother Nature’s colorful palate of produce from garden to jars within days. Their company, Watson Kitchen, turns out shimmering jams, robust spicy […]

‘The Pickle Index’ Is A Tart, Tangy Multi-Platform Romp

By Carmen Machado | NPR The Pickle Index app — one way to experience Eli Horowitz’s newest novel and multimedia project — opens with what looks like an ad for an Apple product. Millennials gather to feast together in a stylishly decorated home, laughing and communing silently behind a veneer of electric pop. They lay […]

Teachers, hockey players bring food drive alive

By Jo-Ann Jennings Staff Writer joann.jennings@baledger.com   –   Broken Arrow Ledger Feet-on-bleachers stomped out the three-beats which precede, “We will. We will rock you.” Hands in the air. “Go!” Eyes watered. Noses ran. Throats and tongues burned. The crowd went wild. Is it possible to sweat flames? Childers’ teachers and hockey players from the Tulsa Oilers, […]

Three Time Sweet Pickle Champion, Leta Sperry, Shares Her Tips for Canning Success

By Melanie Kallas Ricklefs   –   Thurston Talk For the past three years, Leta Sperry has been impressing the judges at the Olympia Supply Company’s Annual Pickle Contest with a recipe she calls “Ole Quebec Bread and Butter Pickles.” It’s a family recipe handed down to her by her father in-law, who at the […]