ice cream New Yorkers can now get pickle-flavored soft serve Rusty Blazenhoff

fast food Pickle juice slushies are coming to Sonic Drive-In this summer Rusty Blazenhoff

pickles You can put pickles up yourself Andrea James

politics Facebook, Google, Twitter execs summoned for House election security hearing Xeni Jardin

alton brown Bare pantry? Watch this Saltine cracker hack and salivate Carla Sinclair

ads That time a ninja turtle starred in pickle advertisement Rob Beschizza

Food How to make prison pizza David Pescovitz

Mar-a-Lago Trump's restaurants — cockroaches and "slimy/mold-like build-up" Mark Frauenfelder

bathtub breaks Since when did breaking into houses to take a bath – and perhaps enjoy a meal – become a thing? Carla Sinclair

cool tools Digg founder Kevin Rose talks about his favorite vegetable fermenter and cryptocurrency wallet Mark Frauenfelder

History The cabinet card fad saw 19th-century women dressing in ridiculous costumes Andrea James

Food Some folks call green peppers "mangoes" for a centuries-old reason Andrea James

events Big Access to Knowledge event about India in San Francisco on 6/14 (cool snacks!) Carl Malamud

tokyo travel tips Tokyo travel tips, day 3 (part 1): Buddhist goddess and panic at the hot springs Mark Frauenfelder

Cute Animals This French Bulldog can’t handle encountering sand for the first time Caroline Siede

happy mutants Read: Rescue, by Sarah Gailey Sarah Gailey

media Do dolphins really like chilled pickle-eating celebrities? This week’s tabloid stunners. Peter Sheridan

cool tools Joshua Schacter, creator of Delicious, shares his four favorite tools Mark Frauenfelder

Unboxing the Boing Boing x Quarterly Maker Box! Boing Boing

Food Perserving the Japanese Way: Traditions of Salting, Fermenting and Pickling for the Modern Kitchen Wink