Stepping through the gate into Wattles Farm, one of L.A.’s oldest community gardens, is like stepping into a soft green salad and wrapping yourself in lettuce and fragrant herbs. You’re just half a ...

What is the perfect pickle? Is it the slippery and pungent pickle that comes with your sandwich at the deli? Or is it the bright, crunchy pickle that you’ve been preserving in your fridge? No matter ...

This post was updated Oct. 27 at 8:47 p.m. Since childhood, I’ve always loved a nice, crisp dill pickle. This love is well-documented: on my bedside table at home sits a framed picture of ...

Instructions: Slice the cucumbers lengthwise into four spears apiece and pack them into a 1-quart jar. In a medium pot, bring the vinegar, garlic, salt, sugar, pickling spice and peppercorns to a boil ...

Instructions: In a pot, combine everything but the dill and cucumbers and simmer for 5 minutes, or until it reaches room temperature. Place sliced cucumbers and chopped dill in jars. Pour room ...

We recently made some Zesty pickles using a Pearl & Johnny Pickle Kit. But first, let’s talk a little about basic pickle science. To pickle something is to submerge a food into an acidic solution to ...

Ellen Daigle sent a recipe she says isn’t so much a signature dish as it is a signature snack used in wedding welcome bags or as a gift for guests to take home. She originally found the recipe for ...