>> yes. we can. literally pickle anything. but it's not just pickling nowadays. it's curing, knitting, baking. any gerund you can think of. but maybe you've see the resurgence, and not just in berkley or brooklyn. it's part of a larger do-it-yourself trend that's literally sweeping the country. some argue going to the local farmers' market or baking your own bread is something deeper. it's a desire for autonomy, in time borne out of a mistrust of large institutions and rejection of uniformed corporate culture. this movement is what is called a new domesticity, and she goes into how it can rede...