Pickling

Watch: Cultured Pickles and the Coca-Cola of Fermented Foods

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 01.30.2012

Kirsten Dirksen

For Alex Hozven, food is either living or dead. At her Cultured Pickle Shop in Berkeley, California, she tends 20,000 pounds of vegetables that "breathe" carbon dioxide. She's simply pickling vegetables, but to most of us used to "dead food," it's a foreign concept.

Pickle or Perish

Liz Neumark | Posted 01.16.2012

Liz Neumark

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The Alchemy & Magic of Cultured Foods: Why Fermentation Is Vital to Our Health

Organic Authority.com | Posted 11.20.2011

Organic Authority.com

Culturing our foods is not just a preservation method, it's also integral to our health -- something frozen or canned foods can never offer.

Darkhouse Spear Fishing! And Midwest Ceviche

Daniel Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

Daniel Klein

Here in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, fishing is culture, food, religion, job, escape, and love. Truthfully, I probably could have done 46 episodes on fis...

FOOD AND ART: Taylor De Cordoba Serves Up Cultural Trifecta In Los Angeles

Allison K Gibson | Posted 05.25.2011

Allison K Gibson

Heather Taylor and Gabrielle Calvocoressi's recently launched art, literature and food event, "Eating Our Words," serves up a veritable trifecta of culture to the sprawling city.

50 Ways to Never Waste Food Again

planetgreen.discovery.com | Colleen Vanderlinden | Posted 05.25.2011

With a little creativity, and an eye toward vanquishing waste in our lives, we can make use of more of our food before it goes to waste....

The United States of Canning

Kim O'Donnel | Posted 05.25.2011

Kim O'Donnel

Canning celebrates the abundance of your local food shed. If you don't grow your own food, you might go to your neighborhood farm market, roadside stand or co-op to buy what you need to jam, preserve or pickle.