Cultured Ice Cream (Dairy and Vegan varieties)
After struggling in vain to find an ice cream brand that really knows me and also meets my high standards for ingredients (simplicity and quality), I took matters into my …
Beet ‘n’ Sour (Sweet) Pickles
In the pantheon of pickledom, must they ALL be sours? Is there any room for a bread and butter, sweet pickle, at least a respectable old-fashioned (read: fermented) version? The …
French Onion Soup a la Rouge
Here’s a fun way to use beet kvass and make a tasty classic French recipe in under an hour! French Onion Soup a la Rouge Print Prep time 10 …
Strawberry Sauerkraut
Ever-searching for ways to eat more strawberries, I was intrigued by Sandor Katz’s suggestion to use dried fruits in sauerkraut. Why dehydrate berries instead of using them fresh? Fruits, which are …
Ginger Beer Starter
I recently started a new ginger bug! It’s not really an insect ?, but rather a wild starter that’s made from water, sugar and fresh grated #ginger. Natural airborne yeasts …
✈️ Traveling with Ferments 🚢
Air travel is a modern marvel, enabling us to safely traverse vast distances in short amounts of time. The act of traveling, though, taxes our body in unnatural ways. The …
2017 Fermentation Device Smackdown CALL FOR ENTRIES
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA– Small-batch fermentation devices are becoming popular as more people revive the tradition of fermenting their own food at home. Along with this trend, we’ve noticed an explosion …
Sour Cream
It’s quite simple to make your own sour cream, using only good quality heavy cream, and a little store-bought sour cream as your “starter”. By making sour cream yourself, you …
Banana or Pumpkin Bread or Muffins
Loaf or muffins? Banana or Pumpkin? It’s four recipes in one! These muffins/bread are a good nutrient-dense way to use some of that sourdough discard. It employs the “muffin method” …
Book Review: The Art of Fermentation
I was excited when Sandor Katz’s latest oeuvre hit the bookshelf, and not the least because he let me read an early manuscript months before it was published! The James …
