Miso is fermented soybean paste. It’s made by introducing a mold spore grown on grains called koji (which is also used in the process of fermenting soy sauce, sake, and rice vinegar) to mashed ...

Japanese cuisine wouldn’t be the same without miso — but astronauts wanting use the fermented soybean staple in space one day might have to get used to a difference in taste. An experiment on board ...

There are seemingly endless ways to prepare salmon, and moreover, there are endless possibilities when it comes to seasoning it or dressing it up. Simple salt and pepper will do the trick in a pinch, ...

If you were wondering whether it’d be possible to ferment foods in space, the answer is apparently yes. In a study published in the journal iScience, researchers from the US and Denmark say they were ...

Miso is a traditional Japanese condiment made by fermenting cooked soybeans and salt. In a study publishing April 2 in the Cell Press journal iScience, researchers successfully made miso on the ...

New research has confirmed that it is possible to ferment food and other products in space, with their latest study focusing on creating a "Space Miso" right in the International Space Station. The ...