In the days before refrigerators, chemical preservatives, and fossil-fueled transportation, starving to death in the winter was a much more pervasive fear. Fermentation first arose more than 10,000 ...

Vegetable fermentation transforms ordinary produce into tangy, probiotic-rich foods that last for months. The process relies on beneficial bacteria naturally present on vegetables, which multiply in ...

If you’re like me—and I know I am—then you have spent a non-zero amount of time during this pandemic feeling like your productivity is swirling down the proverbial toilet. Early in the quarantine era ...

This tangy ferment will make the most of green tomatoes. Make a Georgian-style fermented tomatoes recipe with salt pressing for a gorgeous and delicious addition to a charcuterie board. We absolutely ...

There's something quietly satisfying about making your own fermented foods. A jar of bubbling sauerkraut on the counter, a ...

In the pristine prep kitchen above Culver City’s Beacon restaurant, amid the bustle of lunch preparations, chef Vicki Fan is surrounded by vegetables. They cover her cutting board and worktable like a ...

As featured in "The Rise," Samuelsson's recipe for Baked Sweet Potatoes with Garlic-Fermented Shrimp Butter is in honor of David Zilber, former head of the Noma Fermentation Lab in Copenhagen. This ...

A Mason jar sits on my kitchen counter. Stuffed with shredded cabbage, the contents look like any jar you might find on a supermarket shelf. But what's inside is alive. When I loosen the lid, the ...

To two local entrepreneurs, all vegetables are beautiful. That’s why Vanessa Bakken and Vanessa Walsten spend hours chopping, peeling and dicing all the “ugly” vegetables they can get their hands on ...

During the past year, my husband and I have had the pleasure of hosting many different people through Airbnb in our home. We have had folks from all over the world and have enjoyed visiting and ...