This video gives a quick explanation on how to use a recycled pickle jar for lacto fermentation purposes with an example of ...

Two home cooks have used social media to showcase their paocai, Szechuan pickles that are lacto-fermented in a water-sealed jar. The lacto-fermentation process creates a self-sustaining microbial ...

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.

Sometimes, lacto-fermentation happens in the presence of, and with help from, other forms of bacteria or fermentation, such as when yeast combines with lactic acid-producing bacteria to make sourdough ...

When Maddie Elling, of Hosta Hill in West Stockbridge, says that she and partner Abe Hunrichs “caught the fermentation bug,” she doesn’t mean to make a pun. But Elling and Hunrichs have created an ...

This post was updated Oct. 27 at 8:47 p.m. Since childhood, I’ve always loved a nice, crisp dill pickle. This love is well-documented: on my bedside table at home sits a framed picture of ...

Lacto-fermentation occurs when the starches and sugars in vegetables and fruit are converted to lactic acid by friendly bacteria, called lactobacilli. Lactic acid is a naturally occurring preservative ...

As I sit at home, like so many people waiting for the pandemic and subsequent boredom to end, I have dedicated some time and passion to two of my favorite aspects of cooking; lacto-fermentation and ...

All over town, chefs who like fiddling with their pantries are letting their creative colors fly in pickles, krauts, and kimchees, pulling out tricks from classic vinegar brines to lacto-fermentation, ...