One of the things that comes up in the food I make is the ingredients being classified as “smelly”. Think of durian (yes, we made a pie out of it last episode), limburger cheese, or fish sauce. I’m ...

Add an umami kick to your kitchen and a soil-benefiting boost to your garden with this homemade fish sauce recipe. Fish sauce is a concentrated mystery. From its smell to its stability, range of ...

Fish sauce has crossed over from Vietnamese cuisine to use in all kinds of home and restaurant cooking, but it’s hardly the only fermented sea beast potion that Viet cooks love. When you’re ready to ...

Noma Projects sells smoked mushroom garum, a vegan interpretation of a fermented fish sauce used for centuries. By Florence Fabricant The first product for home cooks from Noma Projects, a food lab ...

The ingredients for Erin Hayes's coconut curry cocktail, the Five O’clock in Phuket Credit: Andrea Bauer Challenged by Scofflaw’s Danny Shapiro with fish sauce, the pungent distillate of fermented ...