“Cheese cloth is a breathable fabric that also keeps unwanted bugs and contaminants out of your fermented treasures," said Leone, "It’s the perfect thing to fold and cover an open jar lid. Just seal ...

The use of fermentation — loosely defined as the transformation of food by microorganisms — as a means of preserving food goes back thousands of years, if not further. Carefully controlled ...

Your kitchen counter can become a bustling lab of bubbling jars and exciting experiments. The growing trend of home pickling and fermentation brings back ancient food preservation methods with a ...

NATICK, Mass. (Feb. 19, 2016) -- Fermentation research by Jason Soares -- a chemical engineer at the Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center -- is at the heart, or rather the gut, ...