Fermented Food Adventures & Recipes
Coriander chutney is a vibrant and flavorful condiment, perfect for adding a fresh, herby kick to various dishes. This versatile chutney combines fresh coriander leaves with aromatic spices. It’s perfect on the Fermented Dhokla (in the Insane in the Brine cookbook) but it’s also a standard accompaniment for a wide […]
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 […]
I recently posted about my awesome delivery from Fulton Fish Market, including my recipe for caraway-dill smoked trout. I have other smoked fish recipes on this blog, including whitefish I once ordered from Fulton, and it was absolutely stellar. If you check Fulton Fish Market out, use the special code […]
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 […]
This is one of my absolute favorite recipes. I posted it almost two years ago on social media and just realized it never found its way here, haha! SWEET. SOUR. SPICY. CRUNCHY. Like a delicious punch to your mouth-hole guys!! Y’all, try this. These cobs will blow your mind. Ingredients […]