Spring has sprung! What better way to celebrate the beginning of the season of rebirth and fertility than by paying homage to the humble egg? In his latest book, The Art of Fermentation, author and fermenting guru Sandor Katz writes about … Read more
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Real Food Resources- San Diego
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Several people have asked me about what I buy and where I shop for “real food”, so I decided to complie a list of resources and provide some definitions. Much of my nutritional paradigm is informed by the Weston A. … Read more
Eat more sauerkraut!
In the midst of winter’s cold short days, the ancients knew that eating traditionally fermented foods was a way to stay healthy, by providing vitamins that couldn’t be had from fresh fruit, which is long out of season. So when … Read more
Gallery- Instagram Photos
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From Instagram Photos, posted by Fermenters Club on 5/19/2012 (50 items) Strawberry wine: Primary #fermentation complete! We’ll rack it next week LIVE at @suz… Made a whole mess o’ pickled green strawberries for @suziesfarm #strawberryjam on Apr… Fermented green strawberries? … Read more
Gallery- Facebook Timeline Photos
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From Timeline Photos, posted by Fermenters Club on 3/13/2011 (86 items) Strawberry kombucha! We’ll have these to sample at Suzie’s Farm #StrawberryJam on Sat… Making kimchi with friends and friends with kimchi! Trying out the traditional Chines… Preserved lemons are … Read more
We support #OctoberUnprocessed!
I was delighted to be asked to contribute to the #OctoberUnprocessed movement! Read my guest post here. This idea was started by Andrew Wilder of Eating Rules as a way to help people understand how much of our food is processed. … Read more
Lights! Camera! Oink!
The culmination of many months of brainstorming and hard work, I was proud to co-produce the first annual Farm to Fermentation Festival at Tara Firma Farms in Petaluma, California! Over 300 people attended the Festival, which featured workshops, local vendors selling delicious … Read more
Bloggers Unite! Culinary tour of Tijuana
Greetings, Fermenters! We interrupt our regularly-scheduled fermentation-based blog posts to go on a road trip! In April I was invited to join a group of San Diego-based food bloggers on a culinary tour of Tijuana, so naturally I jumped at the opportunity! … Read more
Calling All Fermenters…
The other day, I volunteered with some of my co-workers at a local food bank. Our job was to sort donated shelf-stable goods, throwing away items that were damaged, opened or past their expiration date. Five years ago, I did the … Read more
Links on the Science of Fermentation
I’ve combed the interwebs to come up with some interesting links relating to the scientific and biological processes involved in fermentation. In researching these links, I aimed to steer clear of any articles which make specific health claims. Just the facts. … Read more