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  Pickling is the ancient culinary craft of preserving foods in salt brine or vinegar. Over millennia, cultures across the globe have tinkered with pickling recipes to make dishes spanning the gamut of tastes.  


Experience the thrill of pickle making , and explore how a cucumber becomes a pickle.

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  kitchen lab
Recipes and activities to concoct classic dills, pickle tuna, ferment kimchi, make a pickle battery, and more!
  what is pickling?
Find out what makes a pickle a pickle, why pickles are found in so many cultures, and more profound pickle philosophy .

Munch your way through an international pickle gallery .
 
       
 

pickle science
Fermentation and Food : The common ground between pickles, cheese, bread, wine, and many other foods.

The Race of Microorganisms : Pickling is the art of manipulating the microbial garden in foods.


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Pickles: What's your secret?

  history and culture
Korea's kimchi passion.

pickle! A brief history of ketchup .

Fascinating pickle facts .
 
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