Field Guide

May 1, 2024

Recipe: Hot Pink Pickled Radishes

Hot pink pickled radishes are one of our absolute favorite ferments to always have on hand. They are perfect for adding to salads, tacos, grain bowls—anything that could use an...

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April 12, 2021

Recipe: Green Tea Kombucha
If you’re new to brewing your own kombucha, a simple Green Tea Kombucha is the best recipe to get you started.When making homemade kombucha, you can use just about any tea. Black tea, white tea, red tea, pu-ehr tea, herbal...
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April 9, 2021

Recipe: Fermented Red Onions
Fermented onions are one of the easiest and tastiest ferments to make. If you open our fridge, we can pretty much guarantee that we always have a jar of lacto-fermented onions tucked somewhere. And these pickled red onions are one of our favorites.
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April 5, 2021

Recipe: Beet Apple Ginger Red Kraut
We like keeping our fermented goodies plentiful and colorful. Red cabbage and beets, even after fermentation, do an amazing job of holding on to their vibrant red hues. And thanks to a potent zing of ginger and apples, this Beet Apple Ginger Red Kraut has energy to spare. It's so refreshing to spoon out something that looks as lively as it makes you feel.
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April 4, 2021

Recipe: Dill Pickle Carrot Sticks
Lacto-fermented carrots are super easy to make and the perfect balance crunchy and sour. And these dill pickle carrots are one our favorites. Packed with lots of garlic and fresh dill, these carrots have all the flavor of a dill pickle but in carrot form.
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January 17, 2021

Recipe: Jalapeño Cilantro Lime Kraut
The flavor combinations in this kraut are fantastic and will surely wow even your most fermentation-skeptical friends. Plus using napa cabbage gives it a really fun texture that's closer to some of our favorite Asian ferments.
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October 12, 2020

How to Make a Ginger Bug
A ginger bug is a starter culture that can be used to make delicious ginger beer and naturally fermented sodas. Wild yeast from the environment and the skin of the ginger is cultivated to kickstart the fermentation process. Creating your own ginger bug starter is really easy, you only need three ingredients and five days to grow your ginger bug.
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September 23, 2020

Recipe: Smoked Poblano Fermented Hot Sauce
This fermented smoked hot sauce is a delicate balance between fresh and smoked poblano peppers with the addition of a few serrano peppers for extra heat. We’ve also added white onion and garlic to create a depth of flavor and to bring out the smokey and peppery tones from the poblanos, giving you a delicious smoked and lacto-fermented hot sauce.
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September 3, 2020

Recipe: Sourdough Crackers
Homemade sourdough crackers are delicious, super easy, and one of our all-time favorite ways to help use up extra sourdough starter. If you have your own starter, you know that it needs to be routinely fed and used. And when...
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March 5, 2020

Recipe: Fermented Papaya Thai Chili Hot Sauce
One of our go-to takeout fixes is Thai, and we never forget to add on an order of papaya salad (known as som tum). This Thai green papaya salad, uses a combination of flavors like lime, chili, palm sugar, fish...
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February 12, 2020

Recipe: Fermented Turmeric Onions
Fermented onions are one of the easiest and tastiest ferments to make. If you open our fridge, we can pretty much guarantee that we always have a jar of lacto-fermented onions tucked somewhere. And these turmeric onions are one of our favorites.
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January 19, 2020

Recipe: Mango Habanero Fermented Hot Sauce
This Fermented Mango Habanero Hot Sauce recipe is tropical and delightfully spicy. This homemade hot sauce uses lacto-fermentation to add layers of complex flavor. Bell pepper, onion and fresh ginger round out the flavor profile. And if habaneros are too hot for you, Fresno peppers work beautifully in this recipe too.
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October 25, 2019

Recipe: Concord Grape Kombucha
Some people will say that you’re crazy to brew a kombucha without tea. Kombucha is literally fermented tea! But rest assured, you can brew this Concord Grape Kombucha and be considered, not only sane, but a kombucha genius. Why’s that? Because this kombucha is so good and so unique from just about any kombucha you’ve tasted. It has some of the best grape flavor you can imagine. We look forward to concord grape season every year so that we can make a few batches of this and share it with friends.
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