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Twice as Tasty Live

On July 31, 2018October 30, 2018 By Julie Laing | Twice As TastyIn Event, WorkshopsLeave a comment

It’s finally happening! The first Twice as Tasty house concert will be held next week. Read more about Twice as Tasty Live events at TwiceasTasty.com.
I’m excited to announce the launch of Twice as Tasty Live, a new segment of this blog project. Twice as Tasty Live incorporates the already popular workshops and expands to other events that put me in your kitchen, making and sharing delicious, homemade food.
Read more about Twice as Tasty Live events

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Learn how to eat well year-round by preserving, pickling, freezing, dehydrating, fermenting, and more. Read the latest on the blog here.

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The Complete Guide to Pickling by Julie Laing

Got pickles? Let’s use them.

The Pickled Picnic

More from Julie

Appearances:
The dos – and don’ts – of growing your own The Telegraph
How to make quick-pickled jalapeños to add brightness and heat to any dish, with pickling expert Julie Laing Insider
Pie and a Connection to a Family’s Past Flathead Beacon
The Best Fermentation Crocks for Homemade Pickles, Kimchi, and Kraut, with Canning and Fermenting Expert Julie Laing The Spruce Eats
Being a Cookbook Writer with Pickling Expert Julie Laing Cookbook Love Podcast
The Science of Pickling Flathead Beacon
Battle Ground native knows how to pickle practically anything The Columbian
Local food blogger teaches cooking workshops The Daily Interlake
Grilled Tofu from The ‘Ohana Grill Cookbook Sugar + Shake

Original Work:
How To Make Cheese At Home: Step-by-Step The Old Farmer's Almanac
How to Clean, Devein and Prep Shrimp Taste of Home
Falafel Falling Apart? Here’s the Secret to Making Baked Falafel *Just Right* Clean Plates
I’ve Been Using Deep Freezers for Over 15 Years—Here Are the Best for Every Home All Recipes
These Casserole Dishes Have Lasted Three Generations in My Family The Kitchn
Tiny House, Big Freezer: How I Eat from My Garden All Year Long Greatist
Julie Laing's Portfolio Muck Rack

Latest Events

March 7: Free the Seeds
I will be among the numerous Free the Seeds workshop presenters at Flathead Valley Community College. Join me to learn about Eating Fresh All Year. You’ll learn about some of my favorite plant pairings on the plate, seasonal recipes, and foods I always preserve to enjoy when my garden is dormant. Full details of the daylong schedule and seed giveaway are available here.
Ongoing: This Situation Calls for Pickles
Get my books! The Complete Guide to Pickling is packed with essential information and 125 flavorful recipes, including mealtime pickles that are ready in minutes, refrigerator pickles ideal for single-jar batches, fermented pickles big on flavor and crunch, and processed pickles perfect for long-term storage. Order your signed copy today.

Recent Posts

  • Vegetarian Smoked-Beet Reuben
  • Tangy Pickle Dip
  • Sourdough Rye Bread
  • Parmesan Sourdough Bagel Chips
  • Sourdough Bagels
Want the most nooks and crannies in your English muffins? Of course you do. I share the best way to achieve that—thoroughly tested with my homemade Stovetop Sourdough English Muffins—in my recent article for @simplyrecipes: https://www.simplyrecipes.com/how-to-split-english-muffins-11899517 #newarticle #englishmuffins #kitchentricks #nooksandcrannies #homemade #sourdoughenglishmuffins #betterbreakfast #twiceastastyblog #twiceastasty I have @threeforksgrille in Columbia Falls to thank for inspiring the sandwich in this week's @flatheadbeacon column. The spinoff deli that served a similar Reuben was short lived (although the main restaurant still creates amazing dinners). So the best sandwich is now DIY. https://flatheadbeacon.com/2026/02/12/vegetarian-smoked-beet-reuben/ #newarticle #reuben #reubensandwich #vegetarian #betterwithbeets #sourdoughrye #homemadebread #twiceastastyblog #twiceastasty
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On My Bookshelf

Books on food, preserving, and gardening abound, but these are the ones I turn to every season:

The Complete Guide to Pickling Julie Laing
The Pickled Picnic Julie Laing

Well-Preserved Eugenia Bone
The Garden Primer Barbara Damrosch
The Science of Good Cooking Editors at America’s Test Kitchen and Guy Crosby, PhD
Complete Grilling Cookbook Editors at Williams-Sonoma (Chuck Williams, editor, Charles Pierce, editor, and Noel Barnhurst, photographer)
Canning for a New Generation Liana Krissoff
The Food Lab J. Kenji López-Alt
On Food and Cooking Harold McGee
Organic Gardening in Cold Climates Sandra Perrin
Ratio Michael Ruhlman
Saving the Season Kevin West
The Joy of Pickling Linda Ziedrich

Find more of my favorite books on the On My Bookshelf board.

Links I Like

National Center for Home Food Preservation The U.S. government-approved source for most methods of home food preservation.
USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning, 2015 revision PDF version of the USDA's guidelines for canning food.
U.S. FDA’s Approximate pH of Foods and Food Products Downloadable list of the pH for almost anything you may want to can at home.
Sharing fermented starters Facebook group to share and request sourdough starter, scoby, kefir grains, and more.

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