Fermented Food Adventures & Recipes
Pink colored radish pickles are popular in Korean and Japanese cuisine and are one of my favorite pickles. There are lots of ways to end up with delicious pink radish pickles. You can use a red or purple variety of radish, keep the skin on but cut into slices, and […]
Are you ready for a fun and flavorful mashup to impress and satisfy your guests? This delicious dip swaps out more traditional seasonings like cumin and paprika for everything-bagel-spice. You know, that delicious blend of onion and garlic flakes, sesame seeds, poppy seeds, and potentially more. (My own everything-spice blend/recipe […]
I knew that my great-grandfather owned and operated a Romanian restaurant on the Lower East Side of New York City but only recently did I really start asking about stories and recipes from my family. Although my father didn’t really get much in the way of training to make these […]
In my new cookbook, Insane in the Brine: The Official Cookbook, I wrote a blackening-seasoning (aka blackening-spice) pickled egg recipe that I love. I decided a similar approach to pickled shrimp – a somewhat obscure southern gem – would also yield delicious results. And it did! Blackening seasoning has a […]
It’s here folks! Over 100 recipes you won’t find anywhere but in the cookbook, plus updates to over 20 of my classic recipes. The ebook is in full color with any hard to find ingredients linked for easy identification & shopping. Unfortunately, due to the huge scope of the book […]
This simple syrup recipe is just like my other syrup recipes but it yields a bigger amount so some of the quantities and cook times differ. This syrup is absolutely delicious on and in so many things (ice cream, pancakes, waffles, tea, cocktails, etc.) but this bigger recipe is to […]
I’m not going to spend much time talking about these because they’re just so incredibly delicious, we really need to just get to the recipe so you can see for yourself. No, this isn’t a ferment or pickle recipe, but in my personal life and social media, I’ve been encouraged […]
This pickle recipe is FULL of flavor. These delicious pickle chips are sweet, tangy, and spicy (mostly in the mulled spice kind of way, but they can also be made with some hot peppers as well, and it works really well either way). This recipe also works well with small […]
The first Korean food I can remember ever eating was danmuji – sweet, yellow-colored pickled radish. It is often daikon but Korean radish can be subbed. Although other foods took me some getting used to (among them, kimchi, which is hard to believe given my love of kimchi and numerous […]
This easy recipe is bright but balanced, fragrant, and with a firm, satisfying texture. If you’re on the fence about pickled mushrooms (but you otherwise enjoy mushrooms and pickled foods), I highly recommend you to try. I know you’re going to just love it. The featured photos show Cremini (aka […]