Fermented Food Adventures & Recipes
Ferments off the beaten path, non-fermented recipes, syrups, and more
Tandoori is both a cooking style and method (cooking in a tandoor). This recipe doesn’t require a tandoor, but simply your favorite medium for cooking wings, be it your grill, oven, smoker, air fryer, or what have you. Although you may be used to tandoori chicken being bright red, this […]
Oshinko, which means “fragrant dish” in Japanese, refers to a variety of pickled vegetables commonly used in Japanese cuisine. While daikon radish is one of the most popular types of oshinko, there are several other vegetables that can be pickled and enjoyed, such as cucumbers, carrots, and even cabbage. This […]
This recipe makes use of fermented pickle brine and caraway seeds to give you a classic Eastern European rye bread flavor without the need for sourdough starter. (If you want to make my classic sourdough rye bread recipe, check out my recipe here.) This bread has a wonderful consistency, including […]
What better way to bring together my roots as a Georgia boy raised by two Jewish New Yorkers? Lesser known fact that while the Kosher pickle peddlers of the Lower East Side brought a great variety of pickles to the US, including the iconic Kosher Garlic Dill, the fermented green […]
Are you ready to turn a humble can of peas into a star meal? When one of your favorite dishes from before your GERD or gastritis days is allowable (or encouraged) on your anti-inflammatory diet, you know you’re in for a treat! This is simply because these kinds of “elimination” […]
There may be nothing better for a sandwich than some hearty rye bread with plenty of caraway flavor. This recipe contains all my regular rye bread must-haves: cocoa powder, molasses, caraway and dill seed, but this recipe amps up the flavor even more with garlic powder and black pepper. The […]
Let’s state at the outset, you can use this recipe to make easy, delicious cornbread with any kind of milk (or buttermilk). When I started experimenting with milk kefir in baking for my first cookbook, I eventually hit upon the idea of kefir corn bread. To cut to the chase […]
The term “ceviche” first appeared in writing in an 1820 Peruvian song. I have always assumed the term came originally from Spanish but the more I researched, the more I found the word “ceviche” and the origins of this dish are shrouded in mystery. It’s possible the word came from […]
Poke Bowls have become really popular over the last few years, and for good reason! They’re nutritious, delicious, and relatively easy to assemble. But you probably haven’t been part of the craze if you have gastritis, GERD, or other stomach inflammation. This is because Poke tends to have lots of […]
Do you love smoked fish like I do? I probably love it more than smoked meats and jerky, and that’s saying a lot. Although it’s not too hard to find trout, it is not common at all to find in large or chain supermarkets (in my experience). I can find […]