Fermented Food Adventures & Recipes
A refreshing and subtly herbaceous drink inspired by a traditional Eastern European tarragon tonic. Tarragon has been a staple in Eastern European cuisine for centuries. In Georgia, it’s used to make a refreshing tarragon soda called “Tarkhuna,” which is naturally sparkling due to the wild yeasts present in tarragon and […]
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 […]
I was introduced to a galaxy of new soda flavors and concepts earlier this year when someone I know from India shared with me his jal jeera soda. This is normally a fizzy drink consisting of jal jeera powder, salt, lime, black pepper, and club soda. It, as well as […]
Just in time for Thanksgiving! Unless you don’t have a ginger bug starter culture… in which case you can definitely be drinking this by Christmas, so stay with me! This cranberry soda is crisp, tart, refreshing and great by itself or as a mule mixer (just about any type of […]
Ginger is a common ingredient in my soda recipes. I love the spicy bite of ginger so much it’s hard for me to resist adding it. (Even if it has to be a minor component when it can’t be the star of the show, like my sparkling strawberry lemonade.) But […]
This summer I made several different sparkling lemonades and I enjoyed all of them. You also can use the quantities in this recipe and swap out the strawberries for any other berries or fruit you like; I’ve had consistently good results this way, making lemonade sodas with blackberry, raspberry, cranberry, […]
As a kid growing up in south Florida surrounded by Jewish delis, my older brother introduced me early on to Dr. Brown’s sodas, including the unique “Cel-Ray” soda and I’ve enjoyed it since. This soda has been a staple in Jewish delicatessens for almost a hundred years, and was first […]
It’s the balm, yo! This ginger bug soda is delicious and refreshing on a hot summer day, but it might be even better as a mixer with my cucumber vodka and a touch of lemon balm syrup. This recipe just deals with making the ginger bug soda. Once you make […]
A “ginger bug” is a natural soda “starter” you can easily make at home. In other words, like other fermented foods, it contains healthy bacteria and wild yeasts which convert sugars into things like acids, CO2, and alcohol. In fact, alcohol in ginger bug sodas is negligible because of the […]