New to fermenting? These easy fermented foods are perfect for beginners. Learn how to make simple, traditional ferments at home using basic ingredients—no special equipment required.

The process of fermentation creates flavors and aromas that you cannot get through other processes. As the microbes digest ...

Fermented foods can help support beneficial gut bacteria, Glick-Bauer said, and are often associated with dietary patterns rich in foods that nourish those microbes. "This is an oversimplification, ...

Check out ‘The Preserver’s Garden,’ written by Staci and Jeremy Hill. It’s essential to anyone who doesn’t want food to go to ...

Handles, the upscale frozen yogurt and dessert franchise known for pushing flavor boundaries, is introducing a true industry first: strawberry kefir tart probiotic soft serve. Launching nationwide ...

In the Indian state of Kerala, toddy tapping is the centuries-old craft of collecting fresh fermented coconut sap. Fresh ...

This homemade fermented soda is called water kefir, a naturally carbonated drink made by fermenting sugar water with kefir grains. After the first fermentation, fruit or herbal flavors are added to ...

Proper fermentation is key to achieving restaurant-quality dosa batter. Use a 3:1 rice-to-dal ratio, grind to a slightly coarse consistency, maintain warm conditions (28–32°C), add salt moderately, ...

WASHINGTON: Ripe fruit is an integral part of the diet of wild chimpanzees, as they routinely eat an amount equaling about 10 per cent of their body weight daily. And because this fruit often is ...

Like wine and cheese, chocolate has terroir, a sense of the place it was grown. Each bonbon or bar may carry unique flavors shaped by the soil, rainfall and temperature of the farm. But much of that ...

Are you a pro at pickling? How about baking sourdough bread or brewing your own kombucha? If the answer is yes, you’ve probably picked up on one of the recent trends promoting fermented foods, which ...