Pickle

Now that baseball stadiums have gone gourmet, ballpark favorites—like Baltimore crab cakes, San Francisco garlic fries, and dressed-up hot dogs—deserve a spot on your dinner table

This pickled beets recipe gets so much more added flavor by throwing in a few whole star anise pods.

Make a brine, add Sriracha, throw in chard stems and let the refrigerator pickles hang out for a few days. Really good stuff.

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This recipe—like a lot of Mexican-inspired cooking—allows you to invest as much time and energy as you are willing to devote, or you can skip over whole sections with shortcuts (buy prepared green salsa, used canned chile strips, grab a rotisserie chicken).