I love pickles. Dill pickles, kosher dill pickles, cornichons, full-sour pickles, half-sour pickles, quarter-sour pickles, quick pickles, gherkins, German senfgurken.

I'm the person sitting next to you, asking impatiently if you're going to eat your pickle. I order sandwiches just to get the pickle on the side. I volunteer at marathons, handing out pickle juice to runners: one for them, two for me. Sometimes (all the time) I drink pickle juice straight from the jar.

I also love kombucha, but unlike pickles, which I have been consuming with delight since I sprouted teeth, kombucha and I had a rocky start. About 10 years ago, I decided to care about my gut biome because someone in my office said that I should. He recommended kombucha because of its probiotics. I........

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