We are fully into summer and enjoying all the summer crops! This is a perfect time to explore ferments outside of your normal sauerkraut recipe. Fermenting summer veggies is a great way to save some of that summer feeling for later in the year when you are cursing the snow outside. We recently had a table at the Gallmeyer Farms Sweet Corn and Watermelon festival (Nothing says "summer" like sweet corn and watermelon!), and I wanted to make a ferment just with Gallmeyer's veget
Traditionally, cooking techniques were developed to bring out the best in foods, be it flavor, digestibility, or nutrient content. Our ancestors figured out the best way to use the resources available to them in their regions. As our species flourished and our society sped up, we, in our infinite cleverness, developed faster and "better" techniques for cultivating and preparing food. We created ways to make foods available faster and in greater abundance, to reduce cooking ti
We love when the latest science validates what traditional cultures have known all along! Lately, gut health and microbes are being connected to a whole host of conditions and diseases. There is some fascinating science coming out that is allowing practitioners to match probiotic strains to particular conditions. But we are far from being able to have wide-spread tailored probiotic treatments! In the meantime, getting probiotics from a variety of sources will better ensure yo