Pamela Anderson is more than an icon—she’s a force of reinvention.
From her breakout role on Baywatch to her fearless activism, memoirs, and her recent appearance in The Naked Gun, Anderson has continually shaped pop culture on her own terms. A longtime plant-based lifestyle advocate, devoted gardener, and animal rights champion, she now brings that ethos to a small-batch, cause-driven pickle.
This month, Anderson teamed up with Los Angeles–based lifestyle brand Flamingo Estate to release Pamela’s Pickles, a small-batch brined cucumber that’s as personal as it is purposeful. Priced at $38 per jar, 100% of proceeds benefit the California Wildlife Center, a nonprofit near and dear to Pamela’s heart, supporting its mission of rescuing and rehabilitating animals.
On the surface, “Pamela’s Pickles” may sound playful, but the pickle recipie traces back to Anderson’s childhood. Her great-aunt Vie—a glamorous eccentric who once wrote a cookbook called From Pickles to Pearls—filled the family kitchen with the scent of dill and garlic, teaching Pamela the art of preserving. Those afternoons became lasting memories, steeped in humour, heritage, and ritual.
Flamingo Estate, known for transforming pantry staples into cult objects, gave those memories a contemporary form. The jars arrive dressed in Flamingo’s signature design—blush-pink labels stamped with Anderson’s profile and roses, nodding to both her name and the floral brine within. Inside, cucumbers are steeped in garlic, dill, smoky sea salt, pink peppercorns, guajillo chiles, and dried rose petals. The result is layered and unexpected: crisp, briny, with a whisper of heat and perfume.
Only a limited number of jars were produced, available exclusively through Flamingo Estate’s website. Like many of their coveted pantry releases, they’re expected to sell out quickly—a fact that makes Pamela’s Pickles both a collectible and a cause-driven indulgence.
For Anderson, the project is less about indulgence than intention. The pickles reflect her family, her heritage, and the causes she has spent decades championing—equal parts heritage recipe, design statement, and philanthropic gesture.
Pamela’s Pickles land at the intersection of nostalgia and reinvention, part of a cultural moment that treats food as both personal expression and social statement. But more than that, they’re proof that Anderson’s evolution is still ongoing. Just when the world thinks it’s seen every side of her, she finds another way to surprise us.
Because of course Pamela Anderson could turn a jar of pickles into a love letter—and a call to action.
Shop Pamela’s Pickles for a limited time at Flamingo Estate
