Fermented Food Adventures & Recipes
Ferments off the beaten path, non-fermented recipes, syrups, and more
If you’ve eaten at a Korean restaurant, chances are one of the side dishes (banchan) you had was seasoned blanched spinach, known as Sigeumchi Namul. By limiting the boiling time to about 30 seconds (slightly longer for thicker spinach varieties) and transferring immediately to ice water, a firm yet pliable […]
This is a classic but somewhat obscure southern dessert that you will find as delicious and flavorful as you do easy to make. This time of year when I’m growing so many blueberries, this is a delicious way to use them up. I also get to freeze a lot and […]
The first time I experienced kafta was walking in an open food market and just having that smell of grilled spiced meat fill the air, it was just too much! The cumin and mulling spices like cinnamon and clove in there, not to mention the onion, garlic and parsley… wow! […]
If you’re like me and love the taste and versatility of Middle Eastern salad, this is another one for you. Although I love Middle Eastern salad for pita meals due to its texture and bulkiness, I don’t feel it works as well when topping on some kebab and laffah (a […]
In the summer, I start to grow more cucumbers than I can even pickle. It might seem like a travesty, but there’s many things I can do with these surplus cukes, which is great, because my pickles last me all year anyway. One tasty treat is a cucumber vodka and […]
“Baharat” is simply the Arabic word for spice, and can refer to an amalgam of spices such as my recipe I’m putting up today. Variations can be seen all across the Middle East, not just from region to region, but home to home. My recipe is quite representative of a […]
It’s hard to decide which part of this sauce is more alluring… the color or the taste. Unlike tahini, hummus has risen in popularity in the US so much that it’s now a multi-billion dollar industry. Tahini is available as it ever was, but it has never quite enjoyed the […]
Although the idea of pickled oysters might at first sound odd or unappealing, think about it. Seafood flavored and treated with acids is a common practice all over the world and is widely agreed to improve the flavor. Think about how you might add a squeeze of lemon to your […]
Kimchi. Shakshuka. Two foods I absolutely love and never once considered combining. Until one night, awake and stirring in bed, it just kinda hit me. And then, it was even harder to fall asleep because I started imagining all the ways I could go about it. Would I still use […]
Are you ready to bring your cookout to the next level? Every so often I need to put up something here that isn’t fermented because I just love it so much and feel the burning need to share. Today we are talking… GALBI! In my college days, I was lucky […]