While there are countless things we might associate with Pamela Anderson and her career, her latest venture into pickles might, at first, feel unexpected. The former Baywatch actress, animal rights activist, and staunch Jungian just released her own signature gourmet pickles with Flamingo Estate, the Los Angeles lifestyle-estate-turned-brand best known for its herbaceous candles, lush grounds, and $82 fruit snacks.
As the Flamingo Estate site explains, “Pamela’s Pickles are both hot and vegan,” developed from a recipe passed down to Anderson from her great-aunt.
However, if you’ve been following the last five years of the multi-hyphenate star’s career, Pamela’s Pickles actually makes perfect sense as an addition to her already food- and lifestyle-centric media portfolio; Anderson launched a vegan cookbook earlier this year; has two lifestyle television shows under her belt: Pamela’s Garden Of Eden (2022) and Pamela’s Cooking with Love (2025); and just talked about the sourdough bread and cookies that she enjoyed baking for her The Naked Gun co-star and paramour Liam Neeson during filming. (Personally, I have had my eye on her lifestyle brand potential ever since she shared her cottagecore Malibu beach house on MTV Cribs in 2000, which remains my go-to lucid dreamscape.)
But, back to the pickles — how do they taste? Snackers can expect crisp cucumbers in a brine base with mustard, dill, garlic, and rose combined with pink peppercorns, guajillo chiles, and smoky sea salt, and all of the pickles’ sale proceeds will go to an Anderson-selected non-profit, the California Wildlife Center.
Flamingo Estate has also made a habit out of mastering splashy but understated celebrity collaborations (remember when it nonchalantly made honey in Will Ferrell’s yard?). Granted, at $38 a jar, these are some posh pickles. But they do benefit a good cause, and the pleasantly spicy, savory yet slightly floral cukes feels worthy of a main character cheeseboard or tapas moment.
I’m thinking: three pickles, a very dirty martini, and an Emmental-stuffed käsekrainer? Quite a way to curate an end of summer charcuterie board.
Pamela’s Pickles can be purchased at Flamingo Estate.
