International Pickle Day is a free multi-cultural celebration of pickling from around the world featuring exhibits, stories and pickle facts, and of course, a tasty sampling of pickled goods - and not just cucumbers. Anything that gets preserved in brine – radishes, tomatoes, okra, cabbage, fish, meat, carrots, beans, onions, eggs, limes, mangos, peaches, and beets will illustrate a host of pickling traditions from the immigrant communities of India, Germany, Poland, China, Japan, Scandinavia, Korea, Vietnam, the Middle East, Africa and more.

Author Lucy Norris will be on hand to sign her newly-released book Pickled: Preserving a World of Tastes and Traditions. (Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 2003), which contains many of the interviews she conducted as research for the first Pickle Day in 2001.

"Every year folks want to know how to make the delicacies they taste at Pickle Day, so this year we're offering pickling information and demonstrations for home canners and cooks," says Nancy Ralph, Museum Director. This year will feature a redesigned education exhibit, thanks to our friends at Whole Foods Market, Inc.

"The New York City International Pickle Day showcases an integral part of Lower East Side history – the pickle – while also illuminating the various ethnic communities that have come to call our neighborhood home," says Roberto Ragone, Executive Director of the Lower East Side BID.

The event is co-sponsored by the NY Food Museum and the Lower East Side Business Improvement District.

For those interested in helping to sponsor Pickle Day or becoming a museum volunteer, call 212-966-0191 or

For information on the Lower East Side Business Improvement District visit their website www.LowerEastSideNY.com,
or call Jennifer Houlihan at 212-226-9010.