January 2012
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WatchPick-A-Peck Pickles met up with some skateboarders at Off the Grid in the upper Haight.
Baby, we love you too!
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September 2011
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"Hey, Pickle Girl, is that you?"
I was waiting to get on Muni today and I hear “Hey, Pickle Girl, is that you?”
The voice belonged to a guy that works at Say Cheese, a gourmet cheese and meat shop in Cole Valley where I am trying to get the pickles into.
I looked up and held my head up high and said “Yes, it is me, the pickle girl!”
I told Chad and his response was: “Are our kids going to get made...
August 2011
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December 2010
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November 2010
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Pickle Love at Food Buzz's 2nd Annual Blogger...
When our friends at Foodzie invited us to participate in the Tasting Pavilion at Food Buzz’s Annual Blogger Festival, we jumped at the chance to share our pickles with hundreds of fellow food lovers. The event was held on the top floor of the Metreon in the heart of downtown San Francisco.
We were thrilled to meet other local food artisans like Dafna from Inna Jam (and see her...
October 2010
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August 2010
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Featured Grower: Windmill Farm in Gridley, CA
At Pick-A-Peck Pickles we take sourcing our vegetables very seriously. We try to find growers who share the same principles that we believe in - fresh, tasty, and local. This month we are spotlighting one of our terrific growers: Windmill Farms in Gridley, California.
Who: Paula and her husband purchased the farm in 2006 and added some acres in the back in 2007. They have planted 200...
June 2010
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May 2010
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Pick-a-Peck Bunny Carrot and Boccalone Mortadella...
From the test kitchen of Liz Thigpen Hunt
You will need:
One loaf of ciabatta, a slab style bread or focaccia (plain is best)
½ lb Mortadella from Bocallone
For the Sauce
½ c Crème Fraiche
¼ c Grainy brown mustard
½ tsp Horseradish
For the Confetti
Pick-a-Peck Bunny Pickles (5 slices of carrots and 2 slices of red bell pepper) finely minced
Chives cut in...
April 2010
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Awesome Interns!
In 2009 Pick-A-Peck Pickles launched an internship program for Yuba City High School students. Through the internship program, students are eligible to earn a certificate of completion for a Food Science, Dietetics, and Nutrition Career Pathway. The students are required to complete a sequence of courses with a minimum of a C grade, courses include biology or chemistry and nutritional science....
March 2010
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February 2010
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Breakfast in Boston
Started off the day with a combination of goat cheese, walnuts and Just Beet It pickled beets between two pieces of toast.
January 2010
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#1 on NY Times "Best Foods You Aren't Eating".....
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Submit your favorite pickled beet recipe or leave comments below!
December 2009
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Festive Beet and Fennel Salad
What better way to spread holiday cheer than to be the ultimate elixir to this year’s holiday feasts.
Ingredients:
1 jar of Just Beet It Pickled Beets
1 apple
2 bulbs of fennel
Apple cider vinegar
Olive oil
Walnuts
Goat cheese
Directions:
Using a knife or mandoline, finely shred an apple
Trim the top of the fennel. Finely shred the fennel bulb.
Mix in a vinaigrette, a combo of...
the Reuben
If I were a Pick-A-Peck Pickle (in the words of Brother Scott)
……If I were a Pick A Peck Pickle I would start my day just like any other, a strong cup of coffee, a few news headlines here and there and most likely a pre-noon nap just like Moose the picklin’ bulldog. By lunchtime, however, I would have aspirations for something much more than a lazy pickle, I would hope to find myself in a...