Category Archives: Culture

Facts and Folklore About Sauerkraut and Kimchi

The art of pickling and fermentation is hotter than it’s ever been. Sauerkraut and kimchi are on the shelves in every market, in trendy, colorful packaging, competing against each other for your attention. Restaurants with “house made” kraut and kimchi have earned major cool factor as this trend thrives. America has become more health conscious, […]

Why America is a Caffi-Nation: Our Obsession With Coffee

Obsession or Addiction? To say that Americans love coffee is like saying humans need air to breathe. We run on coffee. Our lives depend on it. We are so obsessed with coffee that we’ve created an entire cottage industry of t-shirts, mugs and hashtags to express our obsession. Some consumers have no problem spending five […]