Two home cooks have used social media to showcase their paocai, Szechuan pickles that are lacto-fermented in a water-sealed jar. The lacto-fermentation process creates a self-sustaining microbial ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

As I sit at home, like so many people waiting for the pandemic and subsequent boredom to end, I have dedicated some time and passion to two of my favorite aspects of cooking; lacto-fermentation and ...

Mission community center 18 Reasons gives you a reason to keep that expired milk still sitting in your fridge. A three-part series called “Sour Milk: Lacto-Fermentation from Yogurt to Soda” starts ...

Paocai is a Szechuan pickling tradition that can be passed down for generations. Merlyn is an editor of news and trending content for Food & Wine's news vertical. Her writing focuses on the ...