Pickle

This recipe can be prepared in 45 minutes or less but requires addtional resting time.

This recipe is an accompaniment for Grilled Steaks with Red Chile Sauce.

The trick to pickling today is to find fresh herring or fresh salted herring. Once you've pickled it, use the herring in any favorite recipe, or just mix it as I do, with sour cream, red onion, and dill, to break the fast of Yom Kippur. It will keep for weeks.

When you're ready to slice these eggs, be sure to wipe your knife clean between every cut or you'll get the pink pickling liquid smeared on the yolk.

The recipe below is excerpted from restaurateur Jenny Kwak's book, Dok Suni: Recipes from My Mother's Korean Kitchen.

Accompany this light main course with Buttery Rice Timbales.

With a hint of smoky chipotle chile, this relish is a delicious departure from the usual cranberry sauce.

Here is an old southern favorite that is delicious as a condiment or great added to tuna, chicken and shrimp salads. Begin preparing the pickles at least three days before you plan to serve them.

Though you have to plan ahead, processing these pickles is worth the effort — we found the heat cooks the okra just a bit and helps them absorb the brine.

This dish is also known as Texas caviar.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less. Makes use of the microwave oven.