Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With the current push to stay home, you may be looking for new and exciting ways to occupy time. What’s a better use of time than ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The bounty of crisp, bright vegetables at the farmer’s market or in your garden makes it easy to feel inspired to jump into the ...

It’s very likely that your fridge has never been fuller than it is right now. Sure, you’re going to the grocery store less, but you’re buying more when you would on a typical shopping trip. Most ...

Sustaina-foodies, like other activists, never know where the journey is going to take them. Increasingly these days, it’s taking them to the fermenting crock, or even the fermenting barrel. They are ...

New World cooks discover an Old World tradition that tastes nothing like what comes out of a can Why would anyone make their own sauerkraut? Because its satisfying crunchy texture and vibrant flavor ...

I came to fermenting relatively recently in my cooking career but took to it with relish. How did I not know how to do this? Who doesn't love a good pickle? Are you, like me, regularly caught by your ...

Looking for a new DIY fix for your bellyaches? Maybe fermented foods are what your body needs. No, you can't leave your food out for three weeks and call it good. Here's what you need to know.

The postwar convenience food boom quietly pushed home fermentation out of American kitchens within a single generation. Traditionally fermented foods contain live beneficial bacteria that most ...

Bacteria is everywhere—it lurks on every surface you touch, the food you eat, and floats through the air. But while some bacteria can make you sick, there’s also a variety of beneficial bacteria.

Melissa Perello is the executive chef at Octavia and Frances, in San Francisco. When we were in the process of opening Octavia, I met Berkeley-based pottery artist Sarah Kersten at a flea market event ...