The Cultured Pickle Shop

The Cultured Pickle Shop A small family owned business located in West Berkeley. Dry Farmed Tomato and Black Peppercorn Kombucha. Watermelon Rind Kim Chee. Indian pickled Limes.

Burdock Root pickled in Sake Lees. Sauerkraut with Warm Winter Spices, Goji Berries and Tea Leaves. Pumpkin fermented in Rice Bran. Beets Pickled with Thai Chili and Basil. Within the American food lexicon, the pickle suffers from rigid and compartmentalized thinking. To many, the pickle is a sour cucumber, period. However, on any given day, one can visit the tasting area of The Cultured Pickle Sh

op and sample ten varieties of sauerkraut, four varieties of kim chee, fourteen different types of seasonal specialty pickles, eight different flavors of Kombucha tea, two sake lees pickles, two types of rice bran pickles, and, of course, the ubiquitous Classic Dill. In the spirit of enlarging the collective culinary mind, Cultured challenges the narrow confines of America's pickle prejudices. Global pickling traditions of the past interact dynamically with the Northern California foodshed in our Berkeley shop. Our business began in a sleeping bag incubator on the side of a mountain in Northern Mendocino County. The Cultured Pickle Shop is now an entrepreneurial wonderland of bubbling stainless steel tanks producing thousands of pounds of locally grown organic soured vegetables each week. Along the way, we have seen a tiny in-law apartment with bullet hole ridden refrigerators used as incubators. We have seen all usable floor space in our apartment lined with pallets of ceramic crocks. We have carried our children on our backs through hourly rentals at community kitchens to qualify for required permits. That journey – of so many early mornings and late nights, of tonnage of vegetables thrown away, of intimidating amounts of debt incurred -- has provided us with so much insight into this vast world of vegetable alchemy. While the recipes we employ at our Pickle Shop hold true to time-honored processes from around the world, our feet remained firmly planted in Northern California agriculture. Globalized knowledge with a locavore mission. For example, a Nuka Pot is an ancient style of fermenting vegetables in rice bran dating back to rural Zen Buddhist monastaries in 16th century Japan . But when one steps beyond the usual daikon radish, and buries March Central Valley asparagus in this mash, then a unique intersection of cultures, centuries, and locations transpires. Then you are in the Cultured Pickle Shop in Berkeley, Ca

This Weeks Rice & Pickles!
02/16/2019

This Weeks Rice & Pickles!

Rice & Pickles is all booked up for today. Plenty of seats are available for next Saturday & Sunday- call and make a res...
02/10/2019

Rice & Pickles is all booked up for today. Plenty of seats are available for next Saturday & Sunday- call and make a reservation 510-540-5185 or email [email protected]

Home Snack- tofu frozen & thawed & fried in pork fat, tossed with salt, Chile Paste powder and Chile Paste.
02/09/2019

Home Snack- tofu frozen & thawed & fried in pork fat, tossed with salt, Chile Paste powder and Chile Paste.

This weeks Rice & Pickles Sweet Bite is a sort of macaroon made with almond, coconut & umeboshi. You can make a reservat...
02/09/2019

This weeks Rice & Pickles Sweet Bite is a sort of macaroon made with almond, coconut & umeboshi.

You can make a reservation by calling The Shop 510332-8771 or emailing us at [email protected] or just walk in.

The Rice & Pickle cured egg is a 6 minute egg cured for 24-48 hrs in 2 year Jalapeño sakekasu, hojicha vinegar & tamari-...
02/08/2019

The Rice & Pickle cured egg is a 6 minute egg cured for 24-48 hrs in 2 year Jalapeño sakekasu, hojicha vinegar & tamari- Pictured here with rice, Buddha’s Hand Kosho Gomashio, Umeboshi powder, wild arugula & beet.

Sunday Rice & Pickles is Sold Out! You can make your reservations for next week now! 510–540-5185 email info@culturedpic...
02/03/2019

Sunday Rice & Pickles is Sold Out! You can make your reservations for next week now! 510–540-5185 email [email protected]

Carrot • Tangerine Kombucha
02/02/2019

Carrot • Tangerine Kombucha

White Grapefruit • Turmeric Kombucha
02/01/2019

White Grapefruit • Turmeric Kombucha

Rice & Pickles is Sold Out! Thanks to everyone who came out! See you next week.
01/27/2019

Rice & Pickles is Sold Out! Thanks to everyone who came out! See you next week.

Rice & Pickles is on. Great for a rainy day. Come hang out with me, I’ll be here till 3.
01/20/2019

Rice & Pickles is on. Great for a rainy day. Come hang out with me, I’ll be here till 3.

Tomato on Mint Kombucha
08/06/2014

Tomato on Mint Kombucha

Address

800 Bancroft Way, Ste 105
Berkeley, CA
94710

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm

Telephone

+15105405185

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