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 ...

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 ...

If you’re like me—and I know I am—then you have spent a non-zero amount of time during this pandemic feeling like your productivity is swirling down the proverbial toilet. Early in the quarantine era ...

Paocai is a Szechuan pickling tradition that can be passed down for generations. Two home cooks have used social media to showcase their paocai, Szechuan pickles that are lacto-fermented in a ...

If you’re looking to get the most out of your produce—homegrown or otherwise—consider adding fermentation to your culinary arsenal. Specifically, lacto-fermentation: an age-old process that converts ...

At the height of last year’s bird-flu frenzy, Korean scientists suggested that kimchi might keep the virus at bay. The spicy cabbage-based concoction is preserved by lacto-fermentation, which means ...