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 ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Kathy Kato has just the ticket with her Very Crisp Dill Pickles. She says this is more of a new method of canning. “The whole canning business started up again because my son said if I didn't can some ...

Pickled yellow squash is one canning expert's favorite recipe for the bounty of her garden. (The NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune archive) Quincy Cheek tells people: Use tested recipe when canning and ...

In place of overly sweet store-bought relish, Justin Chapple grills dill pickles, then combines them with onion, vinegar, mustard seeds and parsley for a smoky, well-balanced relish with delightful ...

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 ...

My grandmother’s refrigerator was tiny. Space was at a premium, and the freezer only held an ice cube tray. She spent labor-intensive hours canning, storing the results on shelves in the garage. The ...

“Pickling is amazing! A pickle on every plate!” the teacher exclaimed. Ernest Miller, who teaches the canning and preserving course that’s in its fourth week, does not necessarily mean cucumber discs ...