Fermentation Fest 18


Food

by Amy Crowell If ever the title “elder” were to be bestowed upon a wild berry, the elderberry truly deserves the honor. Hippocrates referred to this prolific plant as his “entire ...
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Spring January, February, March   ArugulaAsparagusBeets Bok Choy Broccoli Brussel Sprouts Cabbage Carrots Cauliflower Celery Chard Cilantro Collards DillGrapefruit Garlic ...

For a staple as old as early human societies, wheat has had a rough go this century. First it was calories, then it was carbs. These days, it’s the mysterious, invisible, nominally understood ...
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I remember the first time I ate a dumpling. I was visiting New York City on a school trip and our chaperone took us to the iconic Joe’s Shanghai in midtown Manhattan for dim sum. We were ...
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A few months ago, our farmer neighbor told us how her grandmother would give her babies a picked-clean chicken bone to help with teething; I laughed, thinking how odd and even dangerous that ...
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This is the taste of my childhood: sitting on the bed of a truck in South Texas eating this ice cream with Hill Country peaches on top. As you can tell, my Grammy passed along her love of turquoise ...