These are Japanese pickles, made by marinating thinly sliced, boiled renkon (lotus root) in sweet vinegar. Cutting V-shaped notches around the outside edges of the renkon creates the image of flowers ...

This week's look at what's new, bountiful or mysterious in the produce aisles. From the muddy bottom of ponds and rice paddies in Southeast Asia comes the lotus rhizome -- the tuber-like, ...

I made my first quick pickle not long ago, using a slightly sad-looking cucumber in my fridge. I peeled it in strips and sliced it into a glass bowl with an entirely improvised brine of white wine ...