The Art of Fermentation, a New York Times bestseller, is the most comprehensive guide to do-it-yourself home fermentation ever published.
Who would you recommend this book to?
– Advanced bartenders, cookbook lovers, fermentation adventurers.
When was this book published?
– 2012
Who is the author?
– Sandor Ellix Katz is the author of “The Art of Fermentation”. He is a self-taught fermentation experimentalist and has taught hundreds of fermentation workshops across North America and beyond, taking on a role he describes as a “fermentation revivalist”.
So, what’s so special about this book?
– The Art of Fermentation is the most comprehensive guide to do-it-yourself home fermentation ever published. Sandor Katz presents the concepts and processes behind fermentation in ways that are simple enough to guide a reader through their first experience making sauerkraut or yogurt, and in-depth enough to provide greater understanding and insight for experienced practitioners. While Katz expertly contextualizes fermentation in terms of biological and cultural evolution, health and nutrition, and even economics, this is primarily a compendium of practical information–how the processes work; parameters for safety; techniques for effective preservation; troubleshooting; and more. With two-color illustrations and extended resources, this book provides essential wisdom for cooks, homesteaders, farmers, gleaners, foragers, and food lovers of any kind who want to develop a deeper understanding and appreciation for arguably the oldest form of food preservation, and part of the roots of culture itself. Readers will find detailed information on fermenting vegetables; sugars into alcohol (meads, wines, and ciders); sour tonic beverages; milk; grains and starchy tubers; beers (and other grain-based alcoholic beverages); beans; seeds; nuts; fish; meat; and eggs, as well as growing mold cultures, using fermentation in agriculture, art, and energy production, and considerations for commercial enterprises. Sandor Katz has introduced what will undoubtedly remain a classic in food literature, and is the first–and only–of its kind.