Fermentation of table olives is a complex biotechnological process that transforms raw fruit into a palatable, safe and nutritionally enhanced product. This process relies on spontaneous and/or ...

During these last gasps of summer, as the kitchen overflows with food-garden perishables, I am leaning on lacto-fermentation as a means of boosting both shelf life and on-board beneficial biology.

Fermentation is hot right now, from sour beers to kombucha to probiotic diets, everyone is learning to take advantage of the beneficial bacilli that add the fizz, sourness, alcohol or delightful funk ...