Browsing: Seasonal

The period from mid- to late August, following “Malbok,” one of Korea’s three traditional hottest days of summer, is a good time to enjoy fresh summer potatoes, which are known for their flavor and nutritional value. There is no particular medical basis for the saying that “you should eat potatoes after Malbok.” Rather, it can…

Climate-driven shifts in seasonal frost patterns raise important questions about their impact on food quality and resilience. Here, we show that a single 12-h frost event at harvest can enhance both the microbial and nutritional properties of fermented cabbage and carrots, two cold-tolerant crops widely grown in the U.S. Northeast. Using microbial amplicon and metagenomic…