An urban farm in Salem grows vegetables, flowers, and cans pickles on the side

By Gillian O’Callaghan   –   Boston Globe SALEM — Maitland Mountain Farm, this city’s only urban farm, is a bit of a conundrum. How can there be a farm and a mountain in this seaside city with almost 5,000 residents per square mile? Carved out of a residential neighborhood, the farm is perched on […]

Mac And Cheese News: UConn Student Throws Tantrum Ordering Bacon And Jalapeno At Dining Hall, Goes Viral – And Gets Expelled

By Victoria Guerra   – In the oddest Mac and Cheese news in recent times, Luke Gatti, from the University of Connecticut, became infamous earlier this week when a video of him in the school’s dining hall went viral, as the student demanded in expletive-filled words to be served a plate of bacon and jalapeno Mac and […]

New deep-fried foods at the N.C. State Fair

BY ANDREA WEIGL – Charlotte Observer aweigl@newsobserver.com State fair food vendors are always in search of the next big deep-fried thing. They hope to create a deep-fried delicacy that will join the ranks of the N.C. State Fair’s greatest hits: deep-fried candy Snickers, deep-fried HoHos and the Krispy Kreme cheeseburger. Several vendors will share samples […]

Smash Cucumbers Before Brining For Fast, Tasty Pickles

by HEATHER YAMADA-HOSLEY – Lifehacker Australia When you’re craving pickles, nothing else will do. Quick pickles can satisfy your cravings in a few minutes, but often lack the flavour of their cooked-and-cooled cousins. If you smash those cucumbers before pickling, you can get the best of both worlds. A classic Chinese side dish, smashed cucumber pickles absorb […]

Make your own pickles without all the hard work involved, at online store Goosebumps Pickles.

APOORVA SRIPATHI   –   The Hindu Pickles are one of the greatest comforts of life. We’ve all grown up amidst bottles and bottles of homemade and store-bought ones; some of us with more enterprising mothers would’ve eagerly awaited summer to watch mangoes being cut lovingly, slathered in masala and oil, and being bottled for days […]