Links: Pickles, Hard Cider, and a Winner

Last week in Chicago went about as well as it possibly could. I taught a bunch of classes, did three TV segments, and caught up with some dear friends. I got home to Philadelphia on Friday evening, dashed up to New York yesterday, and spent all of today doing not much of anything beyond taking a walk around the city with Scott (it was a beautiful day). Tomorrow when it’s off to New England for four nights of classes, demos, and signings. Now, links!

• Erin has been busy lately, making a tasty looking dill pickle relish and some luscious mint blue butter.
• Or, how about some bread and butter pickles?
• Spicy pickled watermelon rind for the fridge. Yes, please.
• Watermelon hard cider. This one needs to age, so make it now for next summer!
• Peach sriracha butter. Peach ketchup. So peachy!
• The weather is cooling down a little, so turn on the oven and bake up a batch of whole wheat lavash.
• Jam-filled crostata!
• Packing the pantry with pickles!
• Tomato base made in a slow cooker.
• Concord grape jelly and wild blackberry preserves.

Last week, I wrote a series of posts for The Kitchn about preserving tomatoes. Check ’em out!

• Picking the best tomatoes for canning
• A revamped recipe for homemade rotel-style tomatoes
• Tips for making small batches of tomato sauce
• How to make and can tomato paste
• My favorite ways for using up your homemade tomato preserves

Thanks to everyone who took the time to enter the Anolon giveaway last week! The winner is #371/Deborah. She said, “We have an old, large enameled Dutch oven found at a flea market that gets heavy rotation for jam-making, roasting veggie, making stock, you name it. I love that it shows its age, but still does the job beautifully.” Here’s hoping you like your new cookware, Deborah! 

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