Why isn’t it fermenting?
Q: “It’s been 8 days and my red cabbage kimchi is not fermenting. Why?” A: This could be due to several reasons: 1. Too much salt. Salt slows microbial growth, …
Funky Fungi: Dealing with Mold and Yeasts on Vegetable Ferments
To the fermenting newbie, the presence of funky white or other colored stuff on the top surface of a vegetable ferment can be quite off-putting and cause panic. I’ve heard …
✈️ 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 …
Around the World with Sauerkraut
You always remember your first 💚! For me, my first fermented love was sauerkraut. In fact, ten years ago this month, I experimented with my first batch of slow-fermented cabbage. …
Loquat Jam
I’m lucky enough to have a mature overgrown 25-foot tall loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) tree in my yard (no, not kumquat). It’s a prolific leafer, so I get free “carbon” for my …
FAQ: What Temperatures should I Ferment?
Most of the microbes that do the fermentation work are like us; they prefer room temperatures. If it’s cool enough in your house during cold months (say, below 68 °F/20 …
FAQ: How Long do Ferments Last? 🤔
This is one the most frequently asked questions in just about every workshop I teach. So, my usual advice as with exploring or eating anything (fermented or not!) is to …
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 …
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 …
My Weston A. Price Foundation “Wise Traditions” Podcast episode dropped today!
I was privileged to be invited to chat with Hilda Labrada Gore (@holistichilda), illustrious and gracious host of the wonderful Wise Traditions podcast! Check out and subscribe to the podcast, …
