This post was updated Oct. 27 at 8:47 p.m. Since childhood, I’ve always loved a nice, crisp dill pickle. This love is well-documented: on my bedside table at home sits a framed picture of ...

Humans have been growing and eating cabbage for thousands of years, and we learned to ferment foods to better preserve them thousands of years before that. It's hardly a surprise that fermented ...

ne major class of foods missing in the Standard American Diet is fermented foods, right along up there with leafy greens and sea veggies. But, I’ll cover those another time. And it’s a shame because ...

Maybe you heard somewhere that pickles are a "superfood," and dutifully added them to your shopping list. Unfortunately, you may reach for the wrong jar, because many pickles at supermarkets aren’t ...

The benefits of your pickles can depend on how they’re prepared. Here’s what to know. Fermented pickles contain probiotics that can help support a healthy and diverse gut microbiome. Non-fermented ...

Judge sets 14-day deadline for new prosecutor in Trump Georgia case or it will be dismissed ...

Fermented foods are delicious and contain "good" microbes that support gut health. David Zilber, chef and fermentation expert, has a constant rotation of ferments in his fridge. Zilber loves having ...

When I was growing up in the 80s and 90s, the word “fermented” prompted scrunched noses, sickly frowns and gagging. Synonyms might as well have been “putrid” or “gross” — conjuring old, decaying food ...

Gut microbiota is essential to induction and activity of adaptive and innate immune responses. Dysbiosis causes an imbalance of pathogenic and commensal bacteria in the gut, producing microbial ...