Former Vlasic Pickles president, executive search firm founder Dennis Sullivan dies

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By SHERRI WELCH Former Vlasic Pickles Co. President Dennis Burns Sullivan, who also made a name for himself in the executive search industry, died Friday at his Bloomfield Hills home. He was 74. The native Detroiter graduated from the University of Detroit High School, served in the U.S. Air Force and return home to earn […]

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Here’s where you’ll find your Polish sour cherries and seriously tart pickles

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KEVIN BROOKER, SWERVE More from Kevin Brooker, Swerve I had the good fortune of touring Poland a number of years back, when glasnost was still young. I went expecting austerity, and was shocked to find myself eating some of the best meals of my life. Poland gets called Eastern Europe, but it’s really dead-centre. Consequently, […]

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Kelso: Manchaca native in a pickle, and that’s a good thing

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By John Kelso   –   Austin American-Statesman Kenneth Hoosier took his granddad’s advice. When he told his grandfather he wanted to own a bar just like he did, the old man set him straight. “He said, ‘Boy, you don’t want to own one of those juke joints,’” Kenneth recalled. So instead, Kenneth has gone […]

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From Pears To Peaches, Ça Va Chef Elise Landry Embraces The Pickling Trend

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By ANDREA TUDHOPE   –   KCUR.ORG Pickling is a trend picking up all over the country, and Elise Landry, sous chef at Ça Va in Kansas City’s Westport neighborhood, is pickling everything. Turnips, husk cherries, shallots … you name it, she’s pickled it. “The other day I was called a pickled petunia by a customer, which I’ll always […]

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Police: Pickles dispute preceded McDonald’s shootings

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USA TODAY NETWORK   –   MacKenzie Elmer, The Des Moines Register DES MOINES — Two 18-year-olds who were shot outside an Ankeny McDonald’s Saturday night reportedly said something about pickles inside the restaurant that made their alleged shooter angry about their behavior, police say. Gabriel Joe Coco, 36, of Des Moines, turned himself into the Polk County Sheriff’s […]

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