Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. In terms of complex, funky flavor, it doesn’t ...

Harvesting garlic scapes, the tender stems produced before the bulb matures, is great way to encourage bulb growth and can add a tasty green to your diet. This is a strong, concentrated condiment, ...

Ferment garlic for a flavorful preservation that won’t take up space in your freezer. Sanitize all of your equipment by submerging it in boiling water for a few minutes and then allowing it to cool to ...

There’s a corner in the Bon Appétit test kitchen called Fermentation Alley. This is where Brad Leone (who you might know from “It’s Alive”) stores his various experiments. A vat of kombucha bubbles ...

As featured in "The Rise," Samuelsson's recipe for Baked Sweet Potatoes with Garlic-Fermented Shrimp Butter is in honor of David Zilber, former head of the Noma Fermentation Lab in Copenhagen. This ...

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Fermented foods are packed with amazing health benefits, especially for gut health. Adding fermented food recipes to your diet is a great way to boost your intake of probiotic foods, which are known ...

The basic recipe for fermented garlic paste comes from this fantastic book, aptly-named Fermented Vegetables. Basically, you peel a lot of garlic then blend it up into a paste. You add salt, which is ...