Fermenting food is a process, and it all begins with the right vessel. Food & Wine / Amazon Fermentation requires very little equipment to get started, but a crock or a jar is essential.

This video gives a quick explanation on how to use a recycled pickle jar for lacto fermentation purposes with an example of ...

Melissa Perello is the executive chef at Octavia and Frances, in San Francisco. When we were in the process of opening Octavia, I met Berkeley-based pottery artist Sarah Kersten at a flea market event ...

Chefs and home baker’s wishing to start baking their own sourdough might be interested in a new Sourdough fermentation jar starter kit created by Borgla and launched via Indiegogo this month. The ...

This is how I bottle my homemade fermented sauerkraut. This batch took me about 10 days of fermenting to get the taste just ...

Sarah Kersten doesn’t just make pretty pottery, she communes with clay. After all, the Berkeley artist says, it was one unique vessel that got her into professional pottery making in the first place.

As the last jars of fermented hot sauce from the last season come to an end I feel compelled to share the successes and failures in the hopes that readers that have not already, will do some ...