Soaked & Brined Nuts

Soaking seeds, nuts, legumes and grains neutralizes phytic acid [1], which is found in the bran of all cereal seeds grains. Phytic acid regulates the release of minerals needed by …

Cacao, Chocolate, and Fermentation

Do fermentation and chocolate go together? YES, actually. What we taste and enjoy as chocolate would not be possible without fermentation! When cacao seeds (the part of the Theobroma cacao …

Enter the FerMatrix

A New way to Look at Fermented Food Recipes 👀 In my new book, Fearless Fermenting (on page 57), I introduced the “FerMatrix”, a new scale that measures the relative …

Loquat Jam

I’m lucky enough to have a mature, 25-foot tall loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) tree in my yard (no, not kumquat). The tree’s leaves have medicinal properties (easily made into a tea). …