To prepare pickled vegetables, first wash all the vegetables thoroughly under plenty of fresh running water, then clean them. With a knife, cut the celery into chunks 1/2 inch thick (1), then remove ...

How an age-old preservation technique is finding its place in contemporary American cuisine. First used as a way to preserve foods without refrigeration, pickled vegetables have been a part of the ...

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 ...