Adding fermented vegetables to the first course of a meal is common in Ukrainian cuisine, and one of the most popular pickled ...

With her new book, “Ferment Your Vegetables” (Quarto Publishing Group), Philly-based author Amanda Feifer helps familiarize today’s home cooks with an age-old food preservation method. Feifer contends ...

Evidence suggests that fermented foods such as kimchi can boost gut health. A diverse microbiome is linked to overall good health. The gut-health researcher Emily Leeming uses tricks such as adding ...

When I was growing up in the 80s and 90s, the word “fermented” prompted scrunched noses, sickly frowns and gagging. Synonyms might as well have been “putrid” or “gross” — conjuring old, decaying food ...

These days, you can't throw a mason jar without hitting an artisanal pickle maker... or kombucha maker... or kimchi maker. As hipsters proliferate, so does the research on the health benefits of ...

A mason jar packed with cultured or fermented vegetables at your local urban provisions shop will likely set you back $10 to $15. Given that the time and materials involved are no more than five ...

Fermented foods are often among the top nutritional suggestions for gut health, since they contain probiotic bacteria that are believed to have beneficial effects on the microbes in our guts. But what ...

Fermented foods are said to be the healthiest in the world. According to some sources, the earliest recorded history of fermentation dates as far back as 6000 B.C. There were many reasons for these ...

Gut microbiota is essential to induction and activity of adaptive and innate immune responses. Dysbiosis causes an imbalance of pathogenic and commensal bacteria in the gut, producing microbial ...

Putney - In many countries, neighbors come together to harvest and process the fruits and vegetables of their labors. This tradition is alive and well in the hills of Vermont. There's a neighborhood ...

If you’re trying to reduce your trips to the shops as you practise social distancing and contribute to “flattening the curve” of the coronavirus spread, you might be wondering what it means for your ...

Fermented foods such as kimchi and pickles are great for supporting the gut microbiome, the trillions of microbes that help shape our health. Made when live bacteria or yeast are added to ingredients ...