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pickle

[pik-uhl] / ˈpɪk əl /


VERB
preserve fruit or vegetable
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I like this recipe in particular because if the farmers market has otherwise failed you, there is a decent chance the pickle table has not.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

Magazine’s summer intern Olivia Hau looked into why retailers have reached peak pickle.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

And we highlight why American tourists and pickle products are everywhere this summer.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

On a trip to Cape Cod last summer, one of my friends made our group pickle lemonade—we’re all begging her to make it again.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

They repeat after her, as do I: Papa, pickle, paint, peep, pool.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

The official Telegram account on X posted a photo Wednesday morning of Durov giving the middle finger over a heaping plate of pickles.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

For example, "I love pickles. I know that if I eat too many pickles I'm gonna feel ill."

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

On the plate, it’s a half pound of Wagyu brisket smothered in pickles and Mornay sauce, all cradled in freshly made pita bread.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

But if pickles are the star, pickle juice is usually treated like the aftermath.

From Salon May 28, 2026

We were eating a lunch of ordered-in sandwiches at his desk, grilled Reubens, com chips, pickles, hot coffee, fried honey cakes.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

Even when the tomatoes are gone and the bread stall is picked clean, you can usually find some jar of something sharp, spicy and brined: giardiniera, hot peppers, spicy dills, pickled carrots.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

"We have ham, pickled garlic, tahini, and stinky tofu and liquor. Just below my office is a shop whose speciality is vodka, foie gras and apple in one scoop," says Yan.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

For this cold noodle dish from Gu Grocery, blend toasted sesame seeds with soy sauce, rice vinegar, pickled mustard greens, and orange zest and juice for maximum flavor.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

Add your chopped veggies, like Persian cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, pickled onions, mini sweet peppers, pepperoncini and Kalamata olives, along with washed and drained canned chickpeas.

From Salon Jun. 29, 2026

Half the hamper vas home-canned fruit: tomatoes and pickled peaches.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

Tools are scattered throughout the studio, including a plumber’s torch for melting glass, crockpots for pickling and a dental tool she uses to stamp her logo, VM, short for Verre Modern, onto her ceramics.

From Los Angeles Times May 18, 2026

People are not going to start quickly pickling onions and making chili jams, but they will grab an exciting bottle of mayonnaise and let it do the heavy lifting.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 11, 2026

"My life changed just from pickling a cucumber," Maddi Neye-Swift told the BBC as she picked up her award for food creator of the year.

From BBC Dec. 3, 2024

This means you’ll have lots of peppers available for canning, pickling and serving roasted and stuffed to large groups of guests.

From Seattle Times May 8, 2024

“Holmes’ idea was evidently to guard his remains in every way from scientific enterprise, from the pickling vat and the knife,” the Public Ledger reported.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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