Have your homemade sourdough dreams been on hold because you’re waiting to get your hands on a starter? You know a good sourdough starter is what makes the bread, and you might be thinking that you need to have inherited...
We love dill pickles. Real dill pickles. The ones ordered as full-sours or half-sours and pulled from a barrel in New York's Lower East Side. That's how we fell in love with pickles. So when we got into food fermentation,...
Lacto-Fermentation is how all good fermented foods are made. Whether it’s pickles, sauerkraut, hot sauce, yogurt or sourdough, lacto-fermentation imparts ordinary vegetables with extraordinary flavor. This how-to guide will help you get started.
Never “burp” your jars again (ew). We love our airlock because it does the work for us during fermentation. Learn more about this awesome little tool: from how to assemble and what to do when things get murky.
No matter the season, our favorite kraut is bright and flavorful. Especially in the middle of winter, there's no better reminder that yes, the days are in fact getting longer than a kraut with some seriously fresh flavors. Bright yellow...
Sometimes, your palate just needs a reset. Something mellow, and refreshing to wipe the slate clean after indulging in big, bold flavors. When you're craving something subtle, clean, and light, break out your fermenter and get started on a batch...
We like snacks. Correction. We love snacks. Who doesn't? And when we don't want our snacks to make us feel gross, we often turn to carrot sticks. But as much as we love them, they can get a little boring...
Our favorite pickles are the kind you get from a barrel on New York's Lower East Side. Those snappy, crunchy full and half sour pickles owe their signature pucker to lacto-fermentation, the same process behind kimchi, kraut, and so many...
We go through lacto-fermented snacks pretty quickly around here, so we’re always experimenting with new flavor combinations to keep things interesting. These ginger green beans are one of our new favorites because they ferment for just a few days before...
We asked The Compostess to share the origins of her composting career, “break down” the best tips for starting a petri dish of organics in the city, and give us the lowdown on why she has never, ever had a bad moment composting.
