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Category Archives: dill

Grilled pickles, a.k.a. barbecue-in-a-jar.

Joy comes to you in many ways. I find joy in lots of things- my family, spending time with Jay, cooking, baking, gardening, my pets (especially when they’re all cuddly & sleepy), fashion magazines, a nice cup of high quality coffee with cream & sugar, the color of the leaves in the fall, the smell [...]


May 17, 2012

“Bartender, I’ll have a pickleback.”

I haven’t made pickles since September. Probably because cucumbers are no longer “in season”; meaning I can still get them, but they’re far from the best quality. They’re somewhat wonky-looking for the most part. But of course, I can pick a pickle pretty good, so I decided instead of waiting for cucumber season I just [...]


March 13, 2012

Arthur Schwartz’s Kosher dill pickles, to end the summer.

I don’t know Arthur Schwartz, but I know my Jason. And in addition to being a world-renowned rock star & life-saver/protector of the masses, Jason is a pickle person. A pickle lover, if I may say so. However, it recently came to light, what with me making so many jars of pickles this summer, that [...]


September 23, 2011

Got an excess of pickled items? Well then read on…

I’m guessing that around this time of year most people who like to preserve foods or “can” end up with a plethora (or a bunch) of jars of pickled & preserved goodness. Now if your family is anything like mine, you end up with quite a few open jars in your fridge any given time. [...]


September 13, 2011

What da dilly, yo?

Busta Rhymes & dilly beans. A natural combination, no? So yeah. Dilly beans. As a native New Yorker, where most of my young-adult time was spent pounding pavement in Manhattan, either uptown by the Met or downtown in Chelsea & the Fashion District, not quite growing my own vegetables/living in a rural area/reading up about [...]


August 26, 2011