Opinion: Pickling is in my genes

MARIAM S. PAL, SPECIAL TO MONTREAL GAZETTE More from Mariam S. Pal, Special to Montreal Gazette Published on: August 23, 2015 One day last summer, I ran into my friend Caroline at the grocery store. My cart was filled with two cases of large canning jars. Caroline asked, “What’s up with all those jars?” “Pickling!” […]

12 jars of Texas pickles: Some we relished, others were no big dill

Emma CourtThe Dallas Morning News @emmacourt ecourt@dallasnews.com Running through a cool sprinkler, hearing the sizzle of a burger on the grill, seeing the faint outline of a flip flop tan: Of the summer traditions, there’s none quite like biting into the perfect pickle. That summer staple — which uses fermentation to preserve the cucumber crop — […]

THE GHOST PEPPER CHEESEBURGER AT BLUES BURGERS IS THE RIGHT KIND OF SPICY

BY NICK RALLO   –   DallasObserver.com   –  Dallas, TX Everything is hot. The steering wheel, the bridge, those metal birds in Deep Ellum, the hose nozzle out back, Jim Schutze and the mailbox are all like smoking nuclear rods. Yesterday I grabbed a metal chair that had been sitting outside on a bright patio, and now I […]

Food Notes: ‘Pickle addict’ wins Akron contest

By Katie Byard  Beacon Journal staff writer Yeah, yeah, yeah … I relished the assignment. And it was a cuke contest. Those puns are courtesy of Beacon Journal colleague Jim Mackinnon, about my task of helping to judge this year’s Pickle Making Contest, organized by the nonprofit Downtown Akron Partnership. This was the fifth year […]

Pickles and ice cream promo markets new U maternity ward

By Jeremy Olson Star Tribune Pickles & Ice Cream might sound like the latest Minnesota State Fair craze, but it is actually a new marketing gimmick that the University of Minnesota Medical Center has launched to compete in the crowded world of maternity care.  Starting late last week, a food truck bearing the “M Health” […]