AS AMERICANS, we might want to start cultivating an appreciation for Russian foods. This is not the venue to discuss why, but let’s just say it might become useful, when attempting to be upwardly ...

Probiotics are so hot right now. They're great for your gut, and as increasingly more people seek out gut-healthy foods and drinks, more probiotic-packed items are showing up in the grocery store. If ...

I consider the depths of my beer knowledge to run fairly deep, but a few months back when I saw a local brewery was releasing a Kvass I had to do a double take. A what? What the heck is that? The ...

Bread is sure to find a place on the festive menu, whether it’s rye bread for oysters or sourdough for smoked salmon, toasted or fresh and soft. But it is also one of the most wasted products. One way ...

Earthy and a little dirty, beetroot is a titan of the health food world that is seriously undervalued. It’s a crimson nugget packed with blood-cleansing antioxidants, minerals and vitamins. I love it!

Uri Laio, proprietor of Brassica and Brine, which calls itself a micro-craft food business, stands at the front of a small crowd gathered to learn from this master artisan how to make kvass, or ...

Bon Appétit Test Kitchen Manager Brad Leone is back for Episode 32 of "It's Alive." This time Brad makes the highly requested beet kvass. It's a fermented drink popularly made with rye bread, but ...

Outside the Savelovskaya Metro station, Galina Krivonosova performs one of the city’s rites of summer, pouring draughts of the national semi-soft drink from a tanker-trailer that looks as though it ...

Soda pop made from rye bread sounds about as appetizing as chewing on an old shoe. The bittersweet tang of kvass is more than just an acquired taste; think Blatz that has set in the sun a few days, ...

Bread is sure to find a place on the festive menu, whether it’s rye bread for oysters or sourdough for smoked salmon, toasted or fresh and soft. But it is also one of the most wasted products. One way ...