NYT profiles Rick Field, PH resident and "41-year-old bachelor with a head of hair that might benefit from its own global positioning system." Rick started his pickling business last Winter (with a partner, Lauren McGrath) after he lost his producer job on "Now With Bill Moyers." They run the pickling business in the LES, out of an artist’s studio on Chrystie St.
"For years he had made a hobby of immersing cucumbers, cauliflower,
string beans and other vegetables in experimental brines infused with
ingredients like rosemary, wasabi or curry. One of the inventions now
in his line is a sliced bread-and-butter pickle called Bee ‘n’ Beez
that derives its sweetness not from sugar but from coconut, dried
cherries and ginger."
Now go see what a $12 jar of pickles tastes like. Here’s his website.
