Any cucumbers in your fridge that didn't make the cut for your summer salad or flavored water shouldn't go to waste. In fact, the best way to enjoy them for a few extra weeks is by turning them into ...

Dill pickles are typically made with cucumbers, vinegar, salt, sugar, fresh dill, and spices. But spices like black peppercorns, mustard seed, and fresh garlic can add more flavor to your pickles.

Top view of sliced cucumber pickles with coriander seeds and fresh dill - Westend61/Getty Images We've done pickle research here at The Takeout and even ranked the best pickle brands on store shelves.

Welcome to Never Fail, a weekly column where we wax poetic about the recipes that never, ever let us down. When I was little, I believed with all of my heart that cucumbers and pickles were two ...