News — Fermented

Well, we recently celebrated our one year anniversary with The Cottage Kitchen and wanted to share an update with our friends and customers. This has truly been an astounding year of surprises, challenges, delights and some disappointment.  When my wife Wendy first launched the concept of The Cottage Kitchen with raw, organic wild fermented vegetables I thought it might be something people would like, but never did I imagine that it would turn into a small batch business with the potential to become a viable opportunity to provide for our family.  During one of our weekly cabbage chopping fests my wife...

WHAT IS BEET KVASS?  The word Kvass in Russian means "sour beverage" and is still the drink of choice on the street corners of the Ukraine, Poland & Russia. Kvass made from beets has been used as a part of cancer protocols in Europe for some time now, and the benefits of this healing drink are starting to catch on in the United States as well.  When Beets are converted into Kvass through fermentation, the process heightens their nutritional quotient along with providing gut support with the addition of beneficial bacteria as well as greater absorption of nutrients from your...