Short and squat, with a warty complexion, the Kirby may be the ugly duckling of the cucumber world, but it’s also the best for pickling—and when it comes down to it, aside from being sliced and tossed into a Pimm’s Cup, isn’t pickledom the highest office a cucumber can aspire to? Find them near their slender, smooth-skinned cousins at just about every other Greenmarket stand right now, and then try them in this recipe from Ed McFarland of Ed’s Lobster Bar. You’ll be doing them a favor.

Ed McFarland’s Pickles
6 small …

You’ve never been one to let a global economic crisis get in the way of a good time. After all, an oyster is still an oyster and champagne is still champagne, and we think both fit squarely in the “necessity” category.
Which is why Ed’s Lobster Bar‘s just-announced Daily Menu piqued our interest over all the other recession menus around town—every day of the week seems to bring another economically mouth-watering reason to slide in for some below-market seafood.
Like today, for instance, when you can sit down for a thrifty dozen oysters …