Recipe: Rose flower vinegar – a homemade living probiotic
Discover how to make rose flower vinegar: a living probiotic vinegar made from rose flowers with a flavor reminiscent of champagne vinegar!
Fermented elderberry syrup
Find out how to make fermented elderberry syrup: a simple and delicious immune-boosting herbal remedy with potent antiviral properties!
How to use American beautyberries as food and mosquito repellent
American beautyberries are a gorgeous native plant that produce edible berries and mosquito-repellent leaves. Find out how to use beautyberries here!
Recipe: Fermented wild black cherry cordial (Prunus serotina)
Find out how to turn wild black cherries (Prunus serotina) into fermented wild black cherry cordial – a delicious, fizzy, probiotic health tonic.
Native passion fruit (Passiflora incarnata): How to grow, forage & eat
Maypops (Passiflora incarnata) are delicious tropical-flavored passion fruits native to the US. Find out how to forage, grow, and eat them!
How to make fermented tea (not kombucha)
Find out how to make delicious, effervescent, CAFFEINATED wild-fermented tea from Asian Tea Camellia or native Yaupon holly leaves.
Fermented crabapple cider with beautyberries (simple, bubbly, delicious)
A delicious fermented crabapple cider recipe also featuring American beautyberries. No specialized equipment or commercial yeast required!
Fermented rose flower cordial – the ultimate rose recipe
Fermented rose flower cordial is the smell of roses captured in a drink. This simple fermentation can be made in less than 2 weeks!
Hot-brewed yaupon holly & roasted acorn flour – better than coffee?
Find out how to make a delicious, highly caffeinated coffee alternative from plants native to North America (yaupon holly and oaks/acorn flour)!
Recipe: Golden raspberry, elderflower, and honey fermented cordial
Find out how to make a sparkling, probiotic cordial from golden raspberries (or red), elderflowers, and honey. This is one of the best flavor combinations you’ll ever experience!
Recipe: Sparkling fermented lemonade with honey
Find out how to make your own bubbly, fermented lemonade with honey using a simple fermentation process. Result: a delicious probiotic drink!
Recipe: Honey-fermented kumquats
Find out how to turn kumquats and honey into a delicious probiotic concoction that’s both a drink and a food, aka honey-fermented kumquats!
Recipe: Native passion fruit-Meyer lemon sparkling cordial
Find out how to turn southeastern United States’ native passion fruit (Passiflora incarnata) into a delicious, lightly fermented, sparkling cordial.
Recipe: American persimmon seed tea (yes, persimmon seeds are edible!)
American persimmon trees (Diospyros virginiana) are famed for their fall-ripening fruit, which are technically berries. However, the seeds also have culinary uses — with a few important caveats. In this article, you’ll find out how to use American persimmon seeds in the kitchen.
Reishi mushrooms: How to find, ID, & use — with recipe!
Learn how to find, ID & use reishi mushrooms. Reishis have been used medicinally in Asian cultures for thousands of years, and grow wild in North America.