Grounding or “Earthing” is a theory where direct contact with the earth is beneficial to physical and mental health.  There is science behind this idea – but we know it works from firsthand experience!  Working the soil, planting seeds, and cultivating the land is therapeutic – and that can’t be reasonably disputed once you get your hands (or feet) in the soil.  The question is how deep does our connection to the soil, and the process of cultivating food crops run? A fabulous article written...

The first blog entry on our Tiki Food Lab research blog was an explanation of how to make soy sauce.  Now that the soy sauce we made for...

Goma Dofu is a very interesting and unusual dish originating in the Shojin Ryori vegetarian cooking practices of Buddhist monks in Japan...