Last Chance to Ferment with Fermentation on Wheels

15.jpg This Saturday, Tara Whitsitt of Fermentation on Wheels will hold a workshop on vegetable fermentation at Mariposa Food Coop from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Using local, seasonal ingredients, Whitsitt will teach and prepare a wild ferment. She’ll also hold a forum on starter cultures and attendees can bring an empty jar and take a

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Fascinated With Fermentation

 

Over the last eight months, Tara Whitsitt has been driving a bus teeming with bacteria, yeast and fermented food across the country. On Friday, she arrives in Philadelphia, her latest stop on a cross country tour aimed at educating people about the wonders of  kimchi, kombucha, sourdough, vegetable pickling, and all things fermentation, while

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Book Review: Wild Fermentation

Wild Fermentationby Sandor Elix KatzChelsea Green, 2003; $25I’ve lost count of the number of times this book has been recommended or mentioned to me, and it deserves every one. Katz explores the world of fermentable foods, which includes some of the earliest prepared foods humans ate, not only to give you something great to eat,

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