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 and bacteria collect in the mixture over the next week … Read more
Category Archives: Blog
✈️ Traveling with Ferments ✈️
As air travel is a necessity for most of we globetrotting fermenters, I thought I’d share my techniques for traveling with jars of pickles, kimchi and sauerkraut. Except when I’m lazy or careless, these techniques ensure a safe commute from … Read more
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 in the creation of innovative devices from entrepreneurs looking to … Read more
2016 Oregon Fermentation Festival
Portland, OR – Fermenters Club is excited to announce the second annual Oregon Fermentation Festival. Fermented foods such as sauerkraut, kimchi, and kombucha tea are increasingly popular with foodies and traditional healers alike. An age old way to preserve and … Read more
Fermentation Device Comparison (aka “Smackdown”)
With the increased popularity in home fermentation, there is a slew of new gadgets available to assist in small-batch fermenting (for our purposes, “small-batch” means amounts a half-gallon or smaller). We put six of them to the test, and compared … Read more
Wild Microbes and Wild Weather at the San Diego Fermentation Festival
Written by Curt Wittenberg. Reprinted with Permission. Mead, beer, cider, sauerkraut, kimchi, and cheese were all in full bloom, blowing in the wind and dancing between the raindrops at the 2nd Annual San Diego Fermentation Festival on January 31, 2016. … Read more
Home Fermentation Kit
Ferment’n Home Fermentation Kit This home fermentation kit makes it simple to make small-batch fermented foods. Prevents mold from forming. Keeps ferments submerged under the brine. Keeps odors to a minimum. Fits on any sized wide mouth jar: half-pint, pint, … Read more
On the Road Again! Teaming up with “Fermentation on Wheels”
If you haven’t already heard about Fermentation on Wheels, it is a creative education and food-preservation project founded by culinary artist Tara Whitsitt. She converted a school bus into a fermentation lab and workshop space and set sail from Eugene, Oregon … Read more
We’re on TV!
Savor San Diego is a series on KPBS, the local PBS station here in San Diego. The show, hosted by local chef Su-Mei Yu, highlights the local food scene and the great places our food comes from. This heartwarming episode … Read more
The History of Probiotics
By Lisa Richards Reposted with permission. Original post from The Candida Diet blog. Probiotics are microorganisms, usually bacteria found in the human gut, which are beneficial to health. They’re also called “friendly” or “good” bacteria. They are ubiquitous and symbiotic throughout … Read more