Our collection of recipes for homemade edible Christmas gifts include recipes for condiments, hot sauces, chilli oils, a whole array of pickles, spice blends, and spicy snacks, such as our Cambodian and Vietnamese roasted peanuts. While cheap to make, these are food gifts that are rich in meaning. We guarantee they’ll get used, rather than … Read more
My Russian dill pickles recipe makes homemade gherkins or pickled cucumbers just like my Russian-Ukrainian grandparents used to make. While my papa and baboushka used the more traditional water bath canning method of pickling, this recipe is for easy refrigerator pickles. Faster to prepare, they taste super delicious, but won’t last nearly as long and … Read more
This easy mango jam recipe will ensure those mango season leftovers don’t go to waste. It makes two jars of mango jam that tastes of fresh ripe fruit rather than sugar. Made without pectin and four ingredients – mangoes, sugar, lemon, and lime – this refrigerator mango jam is so delicious, you won’t be able … Read more
This Cambodian pickled lime soup with chicken recipe makes sngor ngam ngov, a slightly sweet, slightly sour, citrus-driven soup brimming with succulent chicken and aromatics such as lemongrass and coriander. Easy to make, it’s a nourishing comforting soup that’s made for these times and made to be shared. Our comforting Cambodian pickled lime soup with … Read more
Our beginners guide to pickling is a basic straightforward introduction to how to pickle almost anything, from super-easy Southeast Asian quick pickles to Eastern European-style dill pickles just like your baboushka used to make. It’s a pickling basics or Pickles 101, if you like. It’s for people like us, people who adore pickles and who … Read more