Great tasting raw sauerkraut is not hard to find in grocery stores in the Bay Area, and store-bought ‘kraut is a perfect choice for a last-minute fermented cabbage emergency. (Hey, you don’t have ...

Wait until late fall to make the best sauerkraut. Cold-weather cabbage contains more natural sugars needed for the fermentation process. Sauerkraut is the result of natural fermentation by bacteria in ...

I've learned a thing or two since writing the FOODday cover story on sauerkraut (Oct. 21). To wit: Kraut cabbage, those beach-ball sized cabbages that show up in farm markets every fall, aren't just ...

This weekend if you take a drive in the country you still may be able to see or smell fields of cabbage growing. Cabbage is in prime season and very sweet to munch on or to serve baked as a side dish.

It is a nice, sunny day after a thunderstorm during the night. We haven't had many sunny days the past week, so this was a nice chance for things to dry out. I had hung my clothes outside to dry on ...

You love it or you hate it: Sauerkraut elicits strong feelings either way. Sauerkraut canning day came up for us this week. The salted cabbage had been fermenting in my laundry room for the past six ...