Links: Pickling Cucumbers, Seven Day Pickles, and Winners

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Links: Pickling Cucumbers, Seven Day Pickles, and Winners

I got back to Philly last Monday morning, met Felicia Day on Tuesday (she was the keynote speaker at a conference my husband organized), dashed around on Wednesday trying to do work and then left town again on Thursday (it was a whirlwind week). The weekend of classes in Boston was terrific (thanks to everyone who came!) and now I’m home again and am scrambling to get ready for the photo shoot for the new book. Despite all the busy-ness, I managed to collect some links to share.

A fabulous post by the incomparable Linda Ziedrich comparing and contrasting various types of pickling cucumbers.
Jess from Sweet Amandine makes and preserves apricot jam using Rachel Saunder’s method as outlined in the Blue Chair Jam cookbook.
Cathy Barrow’s fabulous seven day pickles. I have had these straight Cathy’s pantry and they are amazing.
Raspberry rose petal jam. Lovely!
An explainer about liquid loss during processing, otherwise known as siphoning.
Pickled figs!!!
Rhubarb season is pretty much done around these parts, but I want to remember this rhubarb jam with fresh ginger and lime for next year.
Shiitake bacon!
Never has there been more beautiful challah than this batch that Camille from Wayward Spark did recently for Food 52.
Elderflower cordial. I pine for an elderflower source.
My friend Roz (she who did the recent redesign of this site) just launched a blog about chai and her deep love for the stuff. She’s out on the west coast right now and just posted about her visit to The Tao of Tea, which was a tea house I frequented a lot in my late teens and early twenties.