Eric Smillie | Writer

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Eric Smillie is a freelance journalist covering art, travel, food, and culture for GOOD, Make, VIA, Wired, and other publications.

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Posts from August 2008

Pickling umeboshi

Umeboshi taste super delicious. They’re salty, pickled, Japanese plums and I’ve been hoping to make some. So when I came across a wild plum tree on a hike in Redwood Regional Park, I saw my chance. (Tons of blackberries out there right now, too, by the way.) All I had to do, I figured, was [...]