A knob of ginger like the one shown here is mixed with water, sugar and a touch of lemon to make a potent syrup that turns into a DIY Ginger Beer. Using the syrup and sparkling water allows you to ...

Over the last several years of testing out tropical food species at Costa Rica’s Rancho Mastatal, we found that some plants that grow well here are not palatable to certain individuals or groups of ...

Fermenting is in. Not just because your Eastern European bubbe used to make pickles every spring, it’s all about your gut. Keeping your gut healthy means keeping it full of precious probiotics—healthy ...

Two words in a recipe are guaranteed to lure a teenage boy into the kitchen: "beer" and "explosion." But there's no cause for alarm, because this recipe makes a batch of spicy, bubbly ginger beer that ...

I found myself thirsty for some good ginger beer recently so I decided to look up a recipe to make it at home. I love ginger beer in the store but I just can't swallow the $1.25 price tag every day.

Over the last seven years of testing out tropical food species at Costa Rica’s Rancho Mastatal, we found that some plants that grow well here are not palatable to certain individuals or groups of ...

I do love this time of year, but I’m secretly relieved that holiday madness is drawing to a close. (New Year’s Eve is looming on the horizon, but I’m choosing to not think about that yet.) This week, ...