This pickle recipe is FULL of flavor. These delicious pickle chips are sweet, tangy, and spicy (mostly in the mulled spice kind of way, but they can also be made with some hot peppers as well, and it works really well either way). This recipe also works well with small […]
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Master Tonic (Fire Cider)
Because of the diverse array of its anti-inflammatory, vitamin-rich components, which are also normally easily accessible in conventional or specialty grocers and food markets, fire cider has only seen its popularity grow in both commercial production and DIY recipes in recent years. Another convenient benefit: It’s not hard at all […]
Mint Masala Ginger Bug Soda
I was introduced to a galaxy of new soda flavors and concepts earlier this year when someone I know from India shared with me his jal jeera soda. This is normally a fizzy drink consisting of jal jeera powder, salt, lime, black pepper, and club soda. It, as well as […]
Sparkling Berry Lemonade
This summer I made several different sparkling lemonades and I enjoyed all of them. You also can use the quantities in this recipe and swap out the strawberries for any other berries or fruit you like; I’ve had consistently good results this way, making lemonade sodas with blackberry, raspberry, cranberry, […]
“Hot Apple Pie”
In spite of the fact that it’s been a scorching summer (or maybe because of it), I started thinking of all the delicious fall foods I love. Moreover, I started thinking of fall foods that have yet to exist and how I could maybe change that a bit… And then […]
Pineapple Kkakdugi (Kimchi) & Pineapple Kimchi Hot Sauce
That’s right! This post is for two – count ’em – two pineapple kimchi recipes. The cubed pineapple kimchi (kkakdugi) is so delicious, you’ll be lucky if you can resist eating it all before the blending stage to make it an epic sauce. Kkakdugi normally is the cubed, firm & […]
Phocumber: Sweet ‘n Sour Pho-Spiced Vinegar Pickles
I always had trouble coming up with a name for these, like my Phokra and Phomato. A mix of the word pho and pickles – Phockles – (pronounced “Fuckles” since pho is pronounced “fuh”) just never sat right. This is my update: Phocumber! Sure, it sounds like Fuck Umber, but […]
Pomracha (Ginger Pomegranate Sriracha)
I’ve seen people get annoyed when you call a sauce “sriracha” and it deviates from simply red hot peppers, garlic, salt, sugar, and vinegar. Furthermore, sriracha is a raw sauce, so does fermenting it (and therefore eliminating the requirement of vinegar) also make it no longer sriracha? These are deep […]
Kraut-chi
Ah, yes! Infamous “Kraut-chi”… is it sauerkraut, or is it kimchi? Do I list it in my sauerkraut section or kimchi section?? Well, the way I’ve prepared it, it’s quite a bit of both, and is in both categories! I still have so much sauerkraut from my cabbage harvest last […]
“Ginger Bug” Sodas (Recipe for Starter Culture and Blackberry Ginger Beer)
A “ginger bug” is a natural soda “starter” you can easily make at home. In other words, like other fermented foods, it contains healthy bacteria and wild yeasts which convert sugars into things like acids, CO2, and alcohol. In fact, alcohol in ginger bug sodas is negligible because of the […]