pickle
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In Chicago, we have a phrase for what happens to a hot dog after it has been loaded with tomatoes, onions, peppers and pickle: it’s been “dragged through the garden.”
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
For every trending supplement, there is an unprocessed, wholefood alternative – from the anti-inflammatory benefits of turmeric, staving off cramp with pickle juice or consumption of high-nitrate foods like beetroot before competition.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
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
A trendy cocktail-bar menu might include a pickle martini or margarita.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
He plucked out a pickle and, for the first time, ate with gusto.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
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Veggies, salads, pizza, wings, fries, caviar, pickles, cottage cheese, ice cream—they’re all eminently ranchable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 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
If you didn’t know what FTD meant on the menu at the Hodad’s stands at Petco Park, the burger — with cheese, onion rings, pickles, mayonnaise and barbecue sauce — still was a good time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
But if pickles are the star, pickle juice is usually treated like the aftermath.
From Salon ● May 28, 2026
Uri had to go farther and farther to find pickles.
From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli
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I took a bite of the buttery Texas toast and the crinkle-cut fries, then dipped them into the creamy, peppery Cane’s Sauce, which tasted something like pickled ranch.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
Change the herbs accordingly: chives and parsley are excellent with giardiniera, while Mexican-style pickled carrots practically beg for cilantro and oregano.
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
Similarly decadent but less expensive are the two mini-hot dogs with caviar and pickled shallots sold for $39 at the Bar Room at the Modern, inside the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
They ate pickled mangoes with their meals, ate rice every night for supper with their hands.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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Still, I thought Klapper might tell me to stop pickling, but he didn’t.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2026
While drying or pickling might preserve its taste, photography best preserves its beauty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
"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
“I have the passion of cooking, pickling, curing salamis, sausage, making wine in the fall. This is my life. I do this with my friends. It’s to my heart.”
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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