Fermented Food Adventures & Recipes
This soda is so refreshing it’s insane! It’s not grapefruit season but I just love pink grapefruit on a hot day and they have been dynamite! My son decided it’s his favorite fruit ever times a thousand, after years of me trying to convince him it was even edible. Funny […]
This video shows a simple process of separating out milk kefir whey and curds from each other, giving you kefir whey and kefir cheese. They can have certain applications on their own that is superior to them being mixed. For example, kefir cheese can be used as a spread, dip, […]
For my curated shop of all things I love for fermentation and in the kitchen, click here. I do not list items I don’t use myself. Items are typically “Amazon’s Choice” products (high user reviews; competitive price; readily available). Food items are normally organic versions which I use myself. Insane […]
Below is a short video I made which shows how to culture heavy whipping cream with milk kefir (not the grains themselves) in order to produce real kefir sour cream. From there, it can be broken down into butter and buttermilk. For that recipe/process, click here, otherwise scroll down for […]
Both my grandmothers used to make this traditional Eastern European Jewish dish. In my hazy memory, I think I was really doubtful I would like these, but the sweetness pulled in the otherwise picky young eater I was. I wish now I could ask them what any of their tips […]
This is a video I made (for a group of parents & kids) showing the process for making basic sauerkraut. Besides showing the preparation, it goes over the essential information for what size jar to use, how much salt, and other useful techniques. The airlock lid shown in the video […]
This is it folks, my very own, currently one-of-a-kind (so it appears) recipe for hot sauce that tastes just like delicious peach cobbler. Except after the initial cobbler flavor, your face melts with the fiery inferno of orange habaneros (or whatever orange hot peppers you choose… Scotch Bonnets are widely […]
If you’ve been an explorer of this blog for a while, you know I love Banh Mi! I mean, really who doesn’t? Are you thinking of making your own? One of these days I’ll have to put up some recipes for the other components. Well, either way, the pickles are […]
Ready to leave those plain old white hard-boiled eggs behind? Umami is a popular term nowadays, but these eggs were bringing it centuries before we were using this special word to describe that rich meaty flavor. I do not have a Sephardic background (Jews from Spain and the Levant). I […]
Are you ready for a thirst quenching flavor this summer unlike any you’ve ever had? I was introduced to jal jeera soda last year. It’s a soda variety in India that is often made at home and carbonated with club soda. The spices in the blend are rather extensive and […]