Have you ever tried to ferment alfalfa sprouts? Well, I have and here are the results of my lacto fermented alfalfa sprouts ...

Lacto-fermentation has a branding problem. Every person I talked to about this story heard the term, and with visions of rotting milk in their heads, said “hmm… sounds disgusting.” But if it takes you ...

In this video I take a pile of fresh chilies and show you how I turn them into a powerful lacto fermented hot sauce from ...

During these last gasps of summer, as the kitchen overflows with food-garden perishables, I am leaning on lacto-fermentation as a means of boosting both shelf life and on-board beneficial biology.

Long before we were being encouraged to buy fancy probiotic supplements as a good-gut fad, lactic acid fermentation (or lacto-fermentation) was the go-to goodness for the gut. Lacto-fermentation is an ...

Fermented foods like kimchi contain "good" microbes that support a healthy gut microbiome. David Zilber was the director of fermentation at Noma, the iconic three-Michelin-star restaurant. He shared ...

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 ...

Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention. But Uganda being gifted by nature, provides us an assortment of free or cheaper alternatives to our needs, which somehow limits our creativity. Need to ...