Wash 5 pint jars, lids and the screw bands in warm soapy water. Rinse and set aside. Place rack in the bottom of the canner. Place jars on top of the rack. Fill canner with water until it covers the ...

Dill pickles are typically made with cucumbers, vinegar, salt, sugar, fresh dill, and spices. But spices like black peppercorns, mustard seed, and fresh garlic can add more flavor to your pickles.

“It smells like dill pickles in here.” That from my husband, Frank, yesterday as he was coming into the kitchen from outside and the aroma of vinegar, pickling spices, garlic and dill wafted clear out ...

This trick puts a fun, delicious, and boozy spin on a favorite: pickles. Here's how to spike your pickles for an unexpected ...

If your only exposure to a pickle has been via Vlasic or some gargantuan soft deli dill, it's high time for home brine. Prime pickling season peaks right around Labor Day, even though cucumbers, in ...

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 ...