I absolutely love fermenting (shocked, aren’t you?). I’ve made quite a few ferments and I make a few things all the time but until a couple months ago I only used things I already had in my kitchen to make a wide variety of ferments (with the exception of a [...]
Tag Archives: kombucha
Guest Post from ChickenMushrooms.com – The Mother Maker
January 16, 2013 – 11:01 am
We’ve got quite a treat for you today, dear readers! Tyler is visiting from Chicken Mushrooms to tell us about his great SCOBY search. If you don’t already know Tyler, his site is definitely worth checking out. A serious fungi aficionado, he’s been experimenting with the cultivation of certain varieties of [...]
Basics of Fermentation – Back to the Future to the Past
January 10, 2013 – 11:23 am
As you may have read in the New York Times last week, ferments are a culinary trend for 2013. I assume they meant 2013 BC, but you’ll have to read the article to be sure. Frankly, I don’t care if people explore fermentation because they like how fermented things [...]
RIP, Tiny Friends
January 2, 2013 – 10:40 am
When I worked a corporate job with a long commute, I often dreamed of having fabulous riches that would allow me to use my enormous plot of Center City land to farm like a MacGregor. No borage, of course, it attracts rats! But most other things would go. I would [...]
The Kombucha of Strangers
December 22, 2012 – 10:51 am
We spent the last week having an wonderful time in the Amazon Rainforest. Quite the experience! It is the low season for tourists, so there were nights when we were the only people in our lodge. Prior to the jungle, we definitely ate some things in some places that would [...]
Fermentation Basics – Kombucha
November 22, 2012 – 10:05 pm
If you have been in the US since the 1990s, you’ve likely heard about the outstanding health benefits of kombucha. I can’t speak to the miracle claims from personal experience, except to tell you that if you are experiencing a post-Thanksgiving food or drink hangover, skip the self-recrimination and go [...]
