MarketBasket: Natural soda with a probiotic pop

Soda isn't generally considered health food. Water kefir, on the other hand, is a fizzy, fermented, probiotic alternative. If you're hesitant to home-brew it with water and kefir grains (mostly yeast and bacteria) - try Pollock's Kefir Pop, made in Kutztown by kefir aficionados Rich Fravel and Paul David. On tap at places like Bodhi Coffee (410 S. Second St.) or available by the bottle, it's made with organic sugar, dried apricots, and ginger, and comes in flavors like lemongrass and cucumber-mint. We liked the yerba-maté-vanilla version, made with organic extracts.

- Samantha Melamed
Pollock's Kefir Pop, $4 at Fair Food Farmstand at the Reading Terminal Market, 51 N. 12th St., Philadelphia, 215-386-5211.

Twenty-five years after the Lancaster Central Market Cookbook was published, author Phyllis Good has updated it with an anniversary edition including recipes from the market's newer vendors. A Mennonite and the author of the best-selling Fix-It and Forget-It books, Good is a market standholder herself. The recipes range from old-fashioned sweet potato and apple casserole to the more-updated gnocchi with roasted cauliflower.

- S.M.
Lancaster Central Market Cookbook 25th Anniversary Edition (Good Books, Sept. 2015), $19.99.