Mehr Singh is a food and culture reporter based in New York. Her work appears in Bon Appétit, Food52, and other publications. If you’re the kind of person who finishes a jar of pickles and finds ...

The foods she made every fall turn out to be smarter than anyone realized.

Before refrigeration, people didn’t have to worry about gut health. Fermented foods were a commonplace addition to the dinner table. The markets were filled with barrels of naturally fermented ...

At first glance, a jar of bright cucumbers on the shelf might look the same whether it’s pickled or fermented. But ask any food enthusiast or better yet, a vendor at the Loveland Farmers Market and ...

J.M. Smucker Co. (NYSE: SJM) has agreed to sell four fermented food brands in Canada in an all-cash deal valued at about $20 million. The buyer of the brands - Bick's pickles, Habitant pickled beets, ...