Fermented Food Adventures & Recipes
Ferments off the beaten path, non-fermented recipes, syrups, and more
“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 […]
Are you a lover of salsa fresca, aka pico de gallo, and wondered if it would be any good fermented? Hell yes it’s good fermented. The funny thing is, if you just make your regular salsa fresca (assuming you already make it, which is really straightforward to do without a […]
Welcome to the syrup that turned my picky-eater son from a grapefruit hater to a grapefruit lover. “Dad! Grapefruit is my favorite fruit of all time!” No joke. All it took was a bit of this drizzled on his grapefruit. This grapefruit syrup has a great sweet and tangy punch […]
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 […]
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 […]
To miso-cure your eggs, you will simply wrap them in miso (many great options here), essentially making a miso ball with an egg inside. After a day to several days, you remove the miso and, voila!, you have a salty egg bursting with flavor. I wouldn’t say it simply takes […]