Fermenting food is a process, and it all begins with the right vessel. Food & Wine / Amazon Fermentation requires very little equipment to get started, but a crock or a jar is essential.

Just like that, the $6.50 cooking lesson had ended. The lickety-split takeaway: In the time it takes to buy a jar of sauerkraut at the grocery store, you can make it yourself. Really, it’s that fast. ...

Everyone should be making their own homemade sauerkraut. Not only do you get all the benefits of those fermentation-induced probiotics, but you ditch all the preservatives from canned and jarred ...

Learn to make fermented food you’ll actually eat with these easy recipes for sauerkraut, (real) deli-style pickles, and salsa. The goal of any fermentation is to allow bacteria to run free – but you ...

In the days before refrigerators, chemical preservatives, and fossil-fueled transportation, starving to death in the winter was a much more pervasive fear. Fermentation first arose more than 10,000 ...

If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. It’s very likely that your fridge has never been fuller than it is right now. Sure, you’re going to the ...

An age-old technique transforms vegetables and spices into a popular condiment with a zesty, funky taste. The key? Nurturing the right community... How hardworking microbes ferment cabbage into kimchi ...

The somewhat-green sauerkraut on the left has just been made and fermentation hasn’t begun. The white sauerkraut in the middle was made 2 to 3 weeks ago and is ready to enjoy. The brown sauerkraut is ...

I love fermented foods. I love that you can leave something out on the counter, in the refrigerator — forget about it, even — and it just gets better. But why do some foods improve with age, while ...

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