Botulism thrives in an anerobic environment, like something you’ve canned or bottled, so pickles stuck in a jar will be fine. The acid content will also make it difficult for anything to grow, so you will be just fine....

with a nice little fork think stuck to the jar). I think Cook’s Illustrated or another mag also rated them the best.

The jars were filled as far up as possible, but this one piece of pineapple just insisted on floating. I stuck a toothpick into it and wedged it under the “shoulder” of the jar. That seems to have done the trick. I...

I thought I’d read somewhere that this hotel had an 80-foot water slide. This was a huge draw for all of us, particularly Joel, who had his heart set on splashy fun.

a teaspoon each of mustard seed and coriander seed along with the allspice and black pepper, but otherwise I stuck to the original recipe), and it’s very tasty, but as I probably should have realized from the compatratively...

I made applesauce last week with apples that had dropped from the tree. I cut off all the bruised bits. I made a couple of quarts, and stuck them in the fridge. Apples and a little sugar/cinnamon, that’s it. It was...

crop comes in but I’m stuck for space. Any ideas?

nothing to worry about, it’s just the stickiness factor. for some reason it’s more difficult to peel the fruit leather from waxed paper than from plastic wrap, and you sometimes end up with shreds of waxed paper stuck...

You know, the kind you put on hamburgers and hot dogs? Had a BBQ over the weekend and I got stuck with about 3/4 gallon of leftover sweet relish. Would really rather not have to put the whole thing in the fridge. Will it last any...

as a shared appetizer and its arrival foretold trouble. Some meat and cheese of supermarket deli quality and olives that clearly were jarred and roasted peppers that came from a jar. Entrees arrived and found everyone at the...

. Every spice, nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon, star anise and many herbs: fennel, thyme, etc lose their punch in a hurry. The spices in particular lose all of their flowery, perfumy complex high notes and you are stuck with the base,...

I want to make the Bittman shrimp and black bean recipe from today’s Times. My question is about the black beans. Are these sold loose by the pound as well as in glass jars? Can I find them in midtown (far east 50s or...

? Most of the examples I’ve seen use round tins with the lids facing out — this seems less than ideal. Plus I like having a shaker sometimes. Is there any source for more square tins that could stand upright while...

's what they look like), not many but all were around the lemon basil. The flies have been steadily increasing little-by-little (I’ve already got one of those water-soap-vinaigre jars sitting on the sill), but this morning,...

first, my find... there’s a tiny little booth, stuck on the side of a bodega, on the SE corner of 116th street and 2nd ave. the counter was lined with jars of fresh fruit (including watermelon, cantalope, kiwi), which...