Fermented Food Adventures & Recipes
In case you didn’t know, I already have a “ginger-bug” mojito mixer recipe on this site. The original idea was to combine the wort (the sweetened liquid) with a ginger bug starter culture to produce a lime-mint soda which could also double as a mojito mixer. It’s really delicious on […]
Dill was prized all over the ancient Near East and Mediterranean regions for its medicinal uses and positive impact on health. It also symbolized good luck. Dill is one of those herbs that just seems to work so well in all kinds of fermented and cured foods, from pickles, to […]
“Are you going to Scarborough Fair?” That ballad’s beautiful refrain “Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme” is often playing in my head when I’m out in my herb garden this time of year. (I probably watched the Graduate too many times in high school.) And so I’ve had this thought for […]
Kefir milk – that is, milk cultured with “kefir grains” – is a yogurt-like food with many healthy probiotic strains of bacteria and yeast. For a more complete discussion of kefir grains, how to to obtain them and make milk kefir and other recipes, visit my post here. Something less […]
It’s my dream that one day this site can carry my own line of healthy, delicious, probiotic-rich foods. There’s a lot involved in getting there but maybe one day. In the meantime, this is a selection of highly rated fermented foods from Amazon. There’s a huge variety and I specifically […]
Ah, spring has sprung here in Georgia! And although the local strawberries are not quite ready, delicious berries from our wonderful neighbor to the south, Florida – my birthplace – are here in abundance and at reasonable prices. If you’ve ever perused this site and the sauce recipe section, then […]
Because lately I’ve been really enjoying rum, and my spring garden is erupting with mint, the idea to make a mojito mixer was a no brainer. Drunk as a soda without alcohol, this ginger bug soda is crisp, tart, and refreshing. Like kombucha and water kefir, ginger bug sodas (and […]
I wanted to make a sauce to celebrate Atlanta, as part of the “culture swap” at the recent 3rd annual Fermentation Fest Atlanta. The sauce was a pretty big hit and I got a lot of great booty in return. And by that I do just mean homemade delicacies. Sometimes […]
Introduction to Kefir Grains Let’s first clarify that milk kefir “grains” are not grains at all, though they do take on a soft, grain-like appearance and texture. It’s a bit like rice pudding in appearance and consistency. Kefir grains are probiotic colonies of yeast, lactic-acid producing bacteria, lipids, proteins, and […]
What is lacto-fermentation? Lacto-fermentation can also just be called “fermentation.” For example, we say certain foods like sauerkraut, kimchi, and sour pickles are “fermented.” The term lacto-fermentation is simply a way of specifying the type of fermentation we are talking about, because there are various types and classifications of fermentation. […]