Starter cultures can be purchased, or you can collect liquid from previous batches ... Add a weight or coil to your mason jar to keep the vegetables submerged. Because fermentation is an anaerobic ...

Anthea Levi is a registered dietitian (RD) and freelance reporter with more than 6 years of experience writing for major health outlets including Health magazine, BuzzFeed, Eat This, Not That!

If you think about it, fermentation is everywhere, we just don’t always think about it: bread, cheese and wine – the three miracles of Western cuisine and of Western culture – are fruits of ...

A "fermentation designer" is aiming to bring Japan's fermented culture to the world. Ogura Hiraku, who calls himself a "fermentation designer," is taking Japan's fermentation culture to the world.

Sourdough starter, an alchemy of flour, water and the terroir of your very own kitchen, becomes richer, more flavorful, and more fermented and bubbly with time. It may seem daunting, but creating ...

Naturally fermented dairy products like yoghurt and kefir, pickled vegetables like kimchi ... or by the addition of a ‘starter culture’. Dr Vaishali Verma, consultant-nutrition and dietetics ...

Studies have shown that fermented foods, like sauerkraut and kimchi, are good for gut health. Made when live bacteria or yeast are added to ingredients like tea, milk, or vegetables, fermented ...

or root vegetable salad. Also fried on open fires, they are often added to soups and stews as well. Fermented flour for a soup? Yes, it is possible – in Poland. Żurek is one of the most surprising, ...

Simply placing as few as four live ants into a container of milk provides enough microbes, enzymes and acids to kickstart the fermentation process that creates yogurt. Today, most yogurts are ...