Field Guide

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...

While Kimchi can be made from any vegetable (and is), it’s likely what you first came across is baechu kimchi. It’s the funky, red-hot, napa cabbage and daikon radish version faithfully served up alongside nearly all Korean meals and worked...

Late spring is one of the most exciting seasons at the farmers market. It seems like every week, something new and delicious comes into season and floods the stalls with the brightest colors, biggest flavors, and most intoxicating aromas of...

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...

When we fell for kimchi, we fell hard. It worked its way into every meal of the day and was eaten straight out of the jar, refrigerator door open, contemplating what we had on hand for dinner. And while we...

When we were planning our raised beds and putting in three zucchini and three crookneck summer squash plants people told us we were going overboard. But really, how much summer squash could be too much?We got our first inkling when...