Caitlin Ruth: Pickling to tickle your taste buds

The West Cork-based chef has had a long love affair with pickling and preserving - learn how to avoid food waste, save money and make something delicious with her debut cookbook ‘Funky’

Chef Caitlin Ruth is an advocate of home-pickled food, which was part of her childhood diet. Picture: Clare Keogh

“Irish people love pickles, but they don’t know it.”

As far as West Cork-based chef Caitlin Ruth is concerned, everyone has their own pickle story — even if they haven’t quite realised it yet. After all, even tomato ketchup is a pickle, be it an ever so humble example.