Wash 5 pint jars, lids and the screw bands in warm soapy water. Rinse and set aside. Place rack in the bottom of the canner. Place jars on top of the rack. Fill canner with water until it covers the ...

I promised a post about pickling spices in this post and here it is. Again, pickling is easy to do safely as long as you follow the USDA standard formula for the brine ratio (equal parts 5% acidity ...

“It smells like dill pickles in here.” That from my husband, Frank, yesterday as he was coming into the kitchen from outside and the aroma of vinegar, pickling spices, garlic and dill wafted clear out ...

Want to use up some leftover produce? Well, Here & Now resident chef Kathy Gunst has been noticing that fermented is in! Not only the common bread and butter pickle, but also pickled peppers, green ...

Back in June, MOARfit owner and blogger Amy Rizzotto shared a peek at her daily diet with her one-day food diary. Her meals—many of them from original recipes—looked so delicious that we asked her to ...

The turkey is the focal point of every Thanksgiving meal, and if you’re looking to mix things up with some different flavors for this year’s holiday, Butterball’s Test Kitchen has a turkey recipe that ...

If your only exposure to a pickle has been via Vlasic or some gargantuan soft deli dill, it's high time for home brine. Prime pickling season peaks right around Labor Day, even though cucumbers, in ...

Sweet and sour, crisp and crunchy, hot and more hot -- pickles are a part of just about every picnic, cook-out and potluck. People have been pickling for eons, keeping fresh vegetables edible ...

As a lifelong gardener, I’m no longer surprised by annual harvest fluctuations. A few years back, my plants yielded a single ...