Pickles, NYC and beyond

I’ve posted three WPA tax photographs of pickle-making establishments — 1, 2, 3 — each a lucky find. Monique Mulder and Paul van Ravestein the authors of The Pickled City: A Biography of New York Pickles, a book that I cited in that third post, consider the pickle far more methodically, tracking its journey from ancient Mesopotamia to Eastern Europe to the Lower East Side. They have a talk about their book, also an Instagram account. Incredibly deep research in the service of food and culture.

[I haven’t read the book yet, but I plan to.]