Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The main process at work here is fermentation. Cucumbers are submerged in a saltwater brine or vinegar; with time (anywhere from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Any cucumbers in your fridge that didn't make the cut for your summer salad or flavored water shouldn't go to waste. In fact, the ...

Editor's note: This story was originally published in 2020. Learning to preserve had long been on my bucket list. No one in my family or the neighborhood had taken me under their canning wing, and it ...

We’re in the midst of pickle-making season, so now would be a good time to put up a batch or two. Or 20! The two basic styles of pickles are fresh pack and cured. In both styles, acid is the key to ...

This story is the fifth in our series on preservation. We covered the basics of home canning and canning fruits, canning vegetables and making jams and jellies in previous stories. Do you have ...

It's the time of year when gardens burst with ripening fruit and wicker baskets overflow with the rainbow of vegetables that come with the sweet summer heat. But what do you do when there isn't even ...

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 ...

As the August harvest fills up baskets with a rainbow of veggies at green markets and as urban gardens hit their seasonal highs, home cooks now have plenty of produce to pickle vegetables. When it ...