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Fermenting Vegetables with Salt
A traditional technique, fermenting vegetables with salt can help prepare vegetables for flavorful fermentation.
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Learn about fermentation and start building your fermenting skills one project at a time.
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A Brief Introduction to Food Preservation Techniques
Find out how ancient humans were able to preserve meat and ensure adequate salt intake by curing meats.
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Good Fermented Foods Recipes for Fall
Make good fermented-foods recipes for Fall, including a giardiniera recipe, beet kvass, gingery golden sauerkraut, and dilly sauerrüben recipe.
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Get Started with Sourdough
Learn everything you need to know to get started with sourdough.
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Goat Milk Cheesemaking: Crottin de Chavignol Recipe
Follow adventures in farmstead cheesemaking and learn to make a Crottin de Chavignol recipe from goat milk right from the family farm to inspire and inform more goat milk recipes.
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Guess the Mystery Ferment!
Decode the fall ferments, click through hints to score top points, and unlock tips, tricks, and recipes. Can you beat the clock?
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Coming Wednesday!
How to Make, Use, and Love Milk Kefir
Make this amazingly healthy, probiotic-packed dairy ferment using traditional kefir grains.
Coming Thursday!
Making Fermented Foods At Home
Why eat fermented foods? Fermented fare is quite literally alive with both flavor and nutrition. Start making fermented foods at home.
Coming Friday!
Preserved Garlic
In this workshop you will learn the ins and outs, the how and why of fermenting your own black garlic, and fermenting convenient delicious nutrient-dense garlic pastes.
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Recipes for All
All About Yogurt and Kefir
Use milk, microbes, warmth, and time, you can make your own great-tasting probiotic yogurt and kefir.
Water Kefir Recipe
Learn how to make this water kefir recipe for a quick, easy-to-make ferment that’s free of dairy and caffeine.
How is Vinegar Made?
If you’ve wondered how to make vinegar at home, you’ll find everything you need to know right here.
Lacto-Fermented Green Cherry Tomato Pickles
These tasty cherry tomato pickles are not only tasty but are a solution to preserving the prolific little cherry tomatoes.
Fresh Habanero Salsa Recipe
Find a fresh habanero salsa recipe and a habanero relish recipe to make these versatile ferments that pair well with a variety of flavors.
How To Make Butter That Is Really Flavorful
Here, step by step, is how to make butter from cream. You'll end up with some delicious cultured buttermilk, too.
How to Make Black Garlic at Home
Rather than a variety, it’s a process related to curing garlic bulbs. Learn how to make black garlic at home for a gourmet ingredient rare in the U.S.
Chile, Mustard and Pickled Celery Salami Recipe
Blend the flavors of mustard and pickled celery in your salami for a flavor that blooms on your tongue and leaves a lasting impression.
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Good to Know
Tips to make the most of your fermentation projects.
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Is Kefir Good for You?
As the healthful benefits of fermented foods and drinks gain ever more recognition, kefir stands out for its ability to promote overall wellness.
ExploreWhat is Fish Sauce? Homemade Fish Sauce Recipe
Add an umami kick to your kitchen and a soil-benefiting boost to your garden.
Make it!Creating Your Own Wild-Fermented Mead
Make mead with Jeremey Zimmerman!
Make it!Dry-Curing With Cultures
Using culture for white mold on meat to get the process started can keep your meat healthy and plentiful.
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Fermentation Journeys Podcast
Join our conversation with all-time fermentation expert Sandor Elix Katz.
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