Horman's Best ( I Could Get Used to This)

I feel pretty lucky most days, I mean, I've got a job and a fridge full of pickles and I've got a fridge full of pickles at my job. What more could I want? My pickles hand delivered to my job by the person who makes them?

Well, sure, that's a START. See that guy's face on the jar? That is Nick Horman of Horman's Best Pickles and last week he walked right in to the gallery and handed me a jar of kosher dills. He knows I like 'em spicy so he told me he added extra heat just for me. I could get used to this...


Nick is a third generation pickler (lucky) but started making his own pickles after graduating from college with a degree in philosophy. Student loans are a bitch. He is a calm, cool, approachable guy and it has been my privilege to get to know him after meeting him at the 2009 International Pickle Festival. He has his own pickle philosophy (he better!) and I admire him for his personal approach to pickling. You may already know him as the guy from the pickle festival selling the original Pickle on a Stick or from the pickle cart at 6th Avenue and Carmine Street, but what's really cool is that if you don't already know him, you can find him and say hello. Nick only sells his products on site at farmer's markets and other places in the city, fresh out of a series of 5 gallon buckets or from his website.

I, of course, like the spicy ones, but there are many flavors to choose from, like Horseradish, Honey Mustard, Red Flannel and Sweet Cajun pickle chips. I can also highly recommend one of my favorite pickled items ever: pickled cherry peppers, which Nick has also hand delivered to me in the past and I devoured them by eating 2-4 (this is an example of my "restraint") every morning for breakfast until they were gone, which reminds me I really should keep breath mints on my desk.

If you can't get out and meet Nick Horman yourself you can order from the website, but you're missing out on the best part of Horman's Best. Lucky for me I get the Horman with my Horman's Best!