HIGASHI-OSAKA, Osaka Prefecture--Long ago, many residents of this Osaka area loathed natto, or fermented soybeans, which they derided as “rotten food.” With such an aversion now a thing of the past, ...

SEATTLE — Although uncommon in the United States, fermented beans and grains are popular foods in many other countries. Co-author of new fermentation guide Miso, Tempeh, Natto & Other Tasty Ferments, ...

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Give natto — fermented soybeans — a good stir and gooey cobwebs form. To make it, soybeans are soaked overnight and then steamed in a pressure cooker. The bacteria that starts the fermentation is ...

Natto, the Japanese breakfast dish of fermented soybeans, has a smell likened to sweaty feet but researchers have come up with an unlikely way of making it less whiffy—using bacteria from Chinese dust ...