One of the oldest items in my childhood home in Dallas is a yogurt culture. By my father’s estimate, it has been around for 25 years and seven months. My dad started making yogurt when he and my ...

If you make your own yogurt, there's a chance your yogurt could outlive you. That's because some bacteria that grow and feed on the sugar in milk – the process that ferments milk into yogurt — can ...

Making yogurt isn’t cooking. Not really. It’s more like conjuring spirits: You create the conditions that summon mysterious creatures, invisible to the naked eye, to do all the real work. In the case ...

Sometime around 1970, yogurt took a turn for the worse. For 900 years at least, it had been a wholesome, unadulterated food -- fresh milk converted to curds by natural bacteria. Then America ...

When I wonder about the discovery of certain foods – and I wonder about it a lot – I like to imagine the delight of the first person who popped it into their mouth. Take yogurt, for instance. It’s ...

Yogurt, like many other fermented foods, comes with a long history. It dates back to around 5000 BCE, in the Neolithic period. It is believed to have originated in Central Asia, later making its way ...

Yogurt enthusiasts are rediscovering heirloom yogurt starters, many of which originated in countries with long traditions of yogurt-making. These... If you make your own yogurt, there's a chance your ...