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Pickling, I’m realizing, used to be a kind of culinary celebration of agricultural microseasons.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2025

Pickling is one of the simplest ways to bend an onion’s aggression to your will.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2025

Pickling spice is made up of black pepper, coriander, dill, mustard seed, allspice, red chili flakes and bay leaf.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2022

Pickling mellows the grassiness that fresh peppers can sometimes have, and the acid in the pickling brine adds a slight pucker.

From Washington Post • Aug. 13, 2021

The production by his Grace of Bolton's other chef, John Middleton, is "Five Hundred New Receipts in Cookery, Confectionary, Pastry, Preserving, Conserving, Pickling," and the date is 1734.

From Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine by Hazlitt, William Carew