Yes, Pickle Juice Can Relieve Muscle Cramps
Getting leg cramps in the middle of a workout, or just while going about your day, can be an agonizing experience—one that, in the moment, you’ll do just about anything…
Cheaper Capers Are Already In Your Garden
Capers are the exclamation point on a dish. The tiny buds of pickle-y brightness function as a kind of pick-me-up. All tomato sauces, and any risotto benefit from them, most…
Make Superb Pickles by Burying Them in Rice Bran
When white Americans refer to “pickles,” they are usually talking about vinegary, sour cucumbers, but that’s a narrow, ahistorical understanding of fermented vegetables. Pickles originated in the East as a…
Death to Watery Coleslaw
I love coleslaw of all kinds. I love sweet slaw, tangy, vinegary slaw, and hot slaw that’s been dressed with a little pepper jelly. What I don’t love is watery…
Hot Days Call for Iced Pickles
Many years ago, I dined at the now defunct New York City location of Mission Chinese, a restaurant that was plagued by labor issues and various scandals, the smallest (and…
Hear Me Out: Pickle Spaghetti
Pickle fans love taking what is supposed to be an accent—a sour and pungent adornment—and forcing it into a main role. We’ll try any pickled-flavored snack that comes to market,…
This Caramelized Pickle Dip Slaps
When I was 10, I “wrote” a parody version of Melissa Etheridge’s “I’m the Only One,” switching out the sapphic longing for pickle cravings. Unfortunately, the only lyrics I can…
“This Is Next-Level Horror”: Internet Reacts To Hot Dog Pickle Jello Recipe
Most of us are no strangers to bizarre recipes. People around the world take to social media to share their ‘creative’ take on classic dishes or come up with new…
Hitler’s Globe, the Lost Dutchman’s Mine, and 7 More Historical Treasures to Hunt For
Photo: Daniel Prudek (Shutterstock) In 1924, British mountaineers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine attempted to climb Mount Everest, but no one knows if they succeeded, as no one returned from…
13 Ways to Get Weird With Pickles
Photo: Claire Lower Pickles are polarizing. Even people who like vinegar and cucumbers sometimes struggle to eat them. I’m not one of those people. I love pickles and pickled things,…