This beloved mustard pickle, which hails from eastern Canada, is a close relative of the British chowchow; both call for a paste of flour or cornstarch to thicken the brine. I shy away from thickeners ...

This post comes to us from Delilah Snell of The Road Less Traveled, an eco-living store in Santa Ana. Delilah and Evan have teamed up on several occasions to teach canning classes. Delilah is a Master ...

I believe that the best recipes can be found on the most tattered recipe cards and any loose slips of paper that have been creased and stained so often they’re barely recognizable. So when I came ...

Sophie Papendieck, born in 1876, was known for these mustard pickles; the family believes they were sold in the meat market owned by her husband, William, in Sheboygan. The family lived above the ...

There’s no easy answer, really. What lands in this column sometimes depends on what’s growing in my gardens and what is seasonal. Then again, I may share a recipe that’s caught my eye regardless of ...

When most people think of making homemade pickles, they imagine a grandmother laboring over a hot stove during an all-day August canning marathon. When makes pickles, there's none of that. No cleaning ...

We're in a pickle, and you, readers, got us into it. It started innocently enough with a request seemingly no different from the many we get every week: Ron Shuck of Sonoma has a hankering for old- ...

A faded recipe card, a mystery ingredient, and a recipe for the ages. I believe that the best recipes can be found on the most tattered recipe cards and any loose slips of paper that have been creased ...