Sweet Pickled Peaches (or Nectarines)

By Hilah | May 28, 2012 |

This is my great-grandmother Shaw’s recipe for sweet pickled peaches. I remember my mom making these from the tiny white peaches that grew around our house when I was growing up, even if she doesn’t remember that. So when my grandma (other side of the family) showed up with a 10-pound bag of not-quite-ripe nectarines…

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Sweet-Hot Green Tomato Pickles

By Hilah | May 25, 2012 |

It’s like Girls Gone Wild in my kitchen! But with tomatoes … and with my top on. This was an experiment that turned out well and happens to be easy, too! We liked these chopped up and added to tuna salad, or just served with anything that might go well with chutney. They are sweet,…

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How to Make Kimchi

By Hilah | September 12, 2011 |

My maternal grandmother gets most of the credit for broadening my palate and introducing me to strange things that I probably would never have tasted otherwise, or at least not until I was much older. She fed my brother and me things like nori sheets toasted with parmesan, curried pumpkin seeds, spicy dried mango, Swiss…

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