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preserves

  • Pickles? It’s that time again!

    “Vinegar? Anyone know where I can find white vinegar?” The plea was on a local Facebook message board. “Especially Heinz.” It’s pickling season here on the coast of Maine and, like…

  • Salty Lemons

    It’s a lemony time of year, these waning days of January when the air is chilly, the earth is covered with no longer fresh snow, and a…

  • pickled peppers in oil

    Olive Oil Pickled Peppers

    I’ve been experimenting with pickles, using olive oil to give finish and smoothness to what are often sharp, acerbic flavors. My grandmother Harmon’s sour cucumber pickle recipe calls for cider vinegar cut…