Fermented Ketchup

Homemade condiments like fermented ketchup provide another way to take in probiotics, while at the same time eliminating another High-Fructose Corn Syrup-laden food from your diet. They are also a …

Pumpkin Kimchi

Pumpkins and other squashes abound in autumn. It’s easy to make a spicy kimchi (“hobak” 호박김치) with raw flesh of these gourds. Recently when I was dispatching my annual pumpkin to roast …

Sourdough Dinner Rolls

Using the same recipe for our Artisan Sourdough Bread, I decided to divide up the loaf and try making dinner rolls. Technique Dividing into 12 pieces, each piece weighs roughly …

Homemade Fish Sauce

I admit that I had been reluctant to get into the world of fermented meats. After all, it just seemed more hazardous. There is an increased risk of fermenting meat …

Strawberry Country Wine

When asked to host a fermentation demo for Suzie’s Farm’s 2013 Strawberry Jam here in San Diego, I had to think about all the ways strawberries are preserved. The most obvious is, well, …

Coffee Kombucha

Kombucha is traditionally made with brewed tea (from the Camellia sinensis plant). Did you know you can also use coffee to make this probiotic elixir? I decided to start with …