Millennia before Louis Pasteur discovered the bacteria-killing process known as pasteurization, our ravenous forbears found that foods lasted longer if they were treated to various procedures. Before ...

Cut up something nice from the farmers market (beets, mushrooms, peaches and don’t forget cucumbers). Throw the slices into a quart jar and cover them with cold or hot brine, or salt them, and when ...

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You know what’s even better than pickled cucumbers? Pickled carrots! Pickled cauliflower! Pickled any fresh raw vegetable that’s in your crisper drawer! Pickled veggies are crunchy, tangy and tart.