From craft beers and sourdough bread to kimchi, coffee, tea, and cheese, fermentation is a popular topic in both food and health circles. In Our Fermented Lives, food historian and fermenting expert Julia Skinner explores the fascinating roots of a wide range of fermented foods in cultures around the world, with a focus on the many intersections fermented foods have with human history and culture, from the evolution of the microbiome to food preservation techniques, distinctive flavor profiles around the globe, and the building of community.
Fans of fermentation, chefs, and anyone fascinated with the origins of various foods will enjoy this engaging popular history, which is accompanied by 42 recipes adapted from historic sources, including sauerkraut, corn beer, uji (fermented grain porridge), pickles and relishes, vinegars, ketchup, soy sauce, Tepache (fermented pineapple drink), vinegars, beet kvass, and more.
| ISBN: | 9781635863833 |
| Publication date: | 27th September 2022 |
| Author: | Julia Skinner |
| Publisher: | Storey Publishing an imprint of Little, Brown |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 384 pages |
| Genres: |
Cookery: preserving and freezing Social and cultural history Cookery, Food and Drink |
From craft beers and sourdough bread to kimchi, coffee, tea, and cheese, fermentation is a popular topic in both food and health circles. In Our Fermented Lives, food historian and fermenting expert Julia Skinner explores the fascinating roots of a wide range of fermented foods in cultures around the world, with a focus on the many intersections fermented foods have with human history and culture, from the evolution of the microbiome to food preservation techniques, distinctive flavor profiles around the globe, and the building of community.
Our Fermented Lives features in the following genres: Cookery: preserving and freezing, Social and cultural history, Cookery, Food and Drink
Hardback. £22.50, down from the £25.00 cover price. In Stock.
Our Fermented Lives was written by Julia Skinner and published by Storey Publishing an imprint of Little, Brown
Our Fermented Lives has 384 pages
£22.50, reduced from £25.00. In Stock.